Singapore economy

A rally in one of Asia’s best-performing stock markets is stalling amid rising virus cases at home and a rethink of the global reflation trade.

Singapore’s total retail sales value grew 6.2% y-o-y to $3.5 billion in March, according to figures released by the Department of Statistics (SingStat) on May 5.

The employment outlook for the financial sector in 2021 “remains positive,” with financial institutions offering 6,500 newly-created positions in the same year, says Ravi Menon, the Monetary Author

Manufacturing sentiment in Singapore stayed optimistic in April for the tenth consecutive month.

The manufacturing sector expects business conditions to improve in the next six months – from April to September – amid the raised global economic prospects due to the ongoing Covid-19 vaccinations

Singapore’s economy is likely to stage a better-than-expected recovery this year after posting in 2020 its worst recession on record.

RHB Group Research analyst Shekhar Jaiswal says the cabinet reshuffle, which will see Lawrence Wong becoming the new Minister for Finance, as well as other shifts within six other ministries, will

Singapore’s economy may just stage a better-than-expected recovery this year, after posting its worst recession on record in 2020.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the private sector have, on April 27, embarked on a partnership to strengthen Singapore’s value proposition as a leading full-service asset management

Singapore’s manufacturing output expanded for the fifth consecutive month in March, with a 7.6% y-o-y growth thanks to the electronics boom.