Economy
Singapore’s total trade shrank 6.8% in March
Total trade reached $79.2b.
Non-oil domestic exports posted unexpected 18.5% jump in March
On back of robust electronic, pharma exports.
Chart of the Day: Singapore’s export performance to slump even lower
Two months of a decline is dangerous.
Global growth slowdown, rising interest rates top list of local investors' woes
Oil price shocks are another concern.
Temasek CEO Ho Ching on part-time sabbatical leave
For a total of three months.
Daily Briefing: SIBOR slips to two-week low; 10 facts about good class bungalows
And Pinnacle@Duxton flat sold for record sum.
Post-MPS SGD rally will be short-lived, say analysts
The USD/SGD will still end 2015 at 1.40.
MAS rejects reports of depleting reserves, denies aggressive intervention to keep SGD afloat
The decline was caused by currency translation effects.
Here are three reasons why the MAS refused to budge in today’s MPS
Global uncertainty is in check at the moment.
Brace for another intra-meeting policy surprise after today’s dull MPS: analysts
It could spur interest rates to further highs.
SMEs’ debt settlement promptness crashed to three-year low in Q1
Firms took 44 days to settle debts.
Temasek is world's most aggressive institutional investor in Chinese banks, reveals report
It holds US$17.96b in three banks.
Why you might want to shut your business in Singapore
According to the Business Optimism Index (BOI) conducted by the Singapore Commercial Credit Bureau and released early this year, Q1 2015 marks the...
USD weakness keeps Singapore GDP growth conservative
The whole external environment remains dicey.
MAS keeps monetary policy unchanged amid low inflation, moderate growth
There will be no change to the policy band.
Economic growth slows to 1.1% in Q1 on back of sharp manufacturing slowdown
Way slower than the 4.9% growth in Q4.
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