USD weakness keeps Singapore GDP growth conservative

The whole external environment remains dicey.

Recovery in the US economy has been sluggish, while outlooks for Singapore’s key trading partners - China, Eurozone and Japan - are expected to remain unpredictable.

According to analysts at DBS, nothing in the external environment suggests an improvement in growth momentum in the near-term.

Singapore’s GDP rose 1.1% in 1Q15, versus expectations of a 0.2% increase. Nicholas Teo of CMC Markets says that the immediate reaction to this surprise was most evident in the USD/SGD weakening to 1.363 from 1.373.

DBS adds that the overall GDP growth forecast for 2015 remains at 3.2% but downside risks are up ahead.

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