Economy
Australia's weak building approvals won't sway RBA to cut rates: BBVA
Australia's weak building approvals won't sway RBA to cut rates: BBVA
Worries eased by improving China market.
Here are KPMG’s 4 wishes to Singapore’s 2013 budget
Productivity and innovation schemes in the spotlight.
5 bugbears of the last 5 years to resurrect with the 6.9M population target
CIMB predicts workforce to only grow 1% per annum.
Chart of the Day: Only 14% of services sector firms are optimistic
The majority of firms foresee the business climate to remain unchanged.
Daily briefing: NSP says fertility first over foreigners; upcoming towns update
Plus a grieving mother's last words.
Low base effects likely pushed up Chinese exports and imports
But pickup will reverse by February.
Singapore needs 5,600ha more land supply by 2030
It's to support the targeted population of 6.9m.
Chart of the Day: 200,000 Singaporeans live overseas
More are expected to leave.
Daily briefing: New towns coming up; hundreds say goodbye to Yap brothers
Plus a social experiment causes a stir.
Firms in the services sector worry over sluggish business in 1H13
Only 14% is optimistic.
Singapore to absorb 15-25K PRs as citizens annually
This should arrest declining citizen population.
Singapore top companies’ total sales hit $2.42 trillion
That’s twice the amount 6 years ago.
Singapore loses to China as world’s most trusting country
But trust levels rose impressively in Singapore.
Malaysia inflation to reach 3% by mid-year
Workers are likely to demand for higher wages then.
Chart of the Day: This is how 2050 will look like
Without immigration, that is, and at current birth rates.
Daily briefing: Apparently not everyone’s happy about the population forecast
A protest is even in the works.
Japan retail sales remained sluggish in December
Adds fuel to Q4 contraction forecasts.
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