Economy
Daily Briefing: Singapore may relax some curbs this year; Singapore’s weak office market
Daily Briefing: Singapore may relax some curbs this year; Singapore’s weak office market
And Ho Bee suffers impairment loss from Sentosa condo.
Singapore’s largest SMEs hit with sharply lower profits in 2015
Finance companies were hardest hit.
Robust wage growth may not be sustainable, says MTI
It’s terribly outpacing productivity gains, they said.
Chart of the Day: No hope in sight for manufacturers after dismal 2015 performance
Output will continue to shrink as woes mount.
Cheap oil, weak trade dash Singapore’s economic growth dreams
Marine and offshore firms will suffer more.
Singapore's total merchandise trade contracts by 9.5% in 2015
Due to a steep decline in oil trade.
Singapore warns of “sudden and large” capital outflows as global growth slows
Regional currencies are under threat.
Chart of the Day: Find out the biggest drag in Singapore’s skidding CPI
Housing and utilities provided a massive drag.
Singapore’s economic growth slows to 2% in 2015 as manufacturing stumbles
Manufacturing contracted by 5.2%.
Daily Briefing: Singapore GDP beats expectations; Noble blames coal price collapse
And here’s the deal on Singapore’s property market.
Is Singapore stuck in a deflationary spiral?
Inflation has been negative for 15 months.
Singapore slashes inflation forecasts as global growth slumps
Domestic wage growth will also slow.
Consumer prices extend losing streak with 0.6% drop in January
Due to lower services inflation.
Indonesia revises investment-negative list
In a bid to attract more foreign investment.
PBoC Governor Zhou breaks silence on market matters
In order to calm the market.
Japan's 2015 growth anemic at 0.4%
4Q15 GDP shrinks 1.4% q/q.
Improved tourism sector to support Thailand economy
But merchandise exports could offset growth.
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