Economy
Massive 2015 budget deficit far exceeds analyst expectations
Massive 2015 budget deficit far exceeds analyst expectations
The $6.7b deficit represents 1.7% of the GDP.
Chart of the Day: Is Singapore headed for a 4th straight month of deflation?
The January rate fell further by -0.4% YoY.
Singapore’s inflation crashed to 5-year low in January
CPI-All Items Inflation registered at -0.4% last month.
Budget 2015: What you need to know right now
Income taxes will be hiked to shoulder massive investments.
Singapore’s economy to get final welfare boost before 2017
Expect social spending to rise.
Check out these five fearless forecasts for Budget 2015
Expect cash handouts and restructuring policy tweaks.
Missing the mark: Singapore's services sectors suffer skyrocketing costs, weak gains
External demand was also poor.
Singapore in dire lack of capital investments
Productivity has suffered as a result.
Finance sector the only bright spot in Singapore’s lacklustre labour productivity growth
The construction sector led the decline.
Growth outlook still muted despite surprise GDP uptick
Due to the labour crunch and patchy global growth.
Budget 2015 expected to be a “crowd-pleaser”, says OCBC
Education, healthcare, and retirement policies are in focus.
Chart of the Day: This graph shows the extremely wide gap between productivity and employment growth
Productivity is still negative.
MAS unlikely to ease again in April policy meeting, says HSBC
Although other banks have become more dovish.
Malaysia’s inflation expected to ease to 1.9% YoY
Down from 2.7% last month.
BOK raises concerns over household debt
They held rates steady at 2.00%, as a result.
1 in 2 SMEs now collecting revenue from overseas
Locally, they can only do so much.
Exports to Hong Kong plunged 21% in 2014
Due to much lower electronics sales.
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