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Headline inflation could average 0.9% in 2019

Headline inflation could average 0.9% in 2019

Sluggish retail sales and the appreciating SGD have limited price gains.

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NODX down 17.3% in June

Electronic NODX contracted 31.9% YoY.

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Singapore GDP growth to fall to 0.9% by end-2019 as technical recession risks loom

MAS might soon intervene and ease monetary policy.

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Billion-dollar office deals buoy property investments in Q2

The biggest deal was AEW’s $1b purchase of Chevron House.

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Hospitality sector's RevPAR to grow 2-3% in 2019

RevPAR for luxury hotels grew 3.3% YoY to $185 for 5M19.

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Singapore's fintech invasion has no end in sight

About 43% of fintechs in Southeast Asia choose Singapore as their home as growth prospects in the city strengthen.

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Can retail underdogs take a bigger bite of Singapore's online grocery pie?

Despite only holding less than 7% grocery market share in 2017, RedMart and FairPrice will dominate the market in few years time.

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What Singapore got right in urban mobility

It also has some points it can improve on, according to global policy experts.

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Singapore's infrastructure gap expected to be one of the world's smallest by 2040

By then, the country’s infrastructure gap is tipped to hit US$400m compared to the global gap of $19t.

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Virtual banks pose threat to Singapore's small and foreign lenders

However, the tech upstarts hardly pose a challenge to the Big Three.

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Flexible working operators to snap up 550,000 sqft of office space by end-2019

There are 141 such players located across Singapore.

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REITs and tech firms drive Singapore's M&A frenzy

Over 10 companies that have been privatised or in the process of being bought out YTD.

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Property investment sales up 30.7% to $5.85b in Q2

Heavyweight office deals accounted for 47.1% of overall sales.

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REITs eyed to boost Singapore's IPO landscape

The sector accounted for almost half of the US$36.16b raised since 2009.

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eBay to bridge more SMEs to 179 million-strong buyer base

It partnered with the Singapore Institute of Retail Studies to train SMEs in cross-border trade.

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Singapore joins digital banking race with five licenses up for grabs

The five licenses are split into two full digital and three wholesale.

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Singapore's prime office occupancy costs climbed 17.3% in Q1

Tightening vacancy and strong absorption drove rents up to $154.84 psf.

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