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Chart of the Day: Check out the sorry state of Singapore’s bad housing loans
Chart of the Day: Check out the sorry state of Singapore’s bad housing loans
Housing loans account for 71% of household debt.
Daily Briefing: Hungry ghost month haunts home sales; Shipping turbulence foreshadows 2017
And SGX mulls listing leveraged notes on speculators' demands.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.07%
Brace for a pullback today. According to OCBC, the pullback on Wall Street Friday amidst uncertainties from the upcoming Fed meeting could spark a similar correction in the local bourse today.Here's more from OCBC:We peg the immediate support at 2800, ahead of its next support level at 2740; on the upside, we peg the initial hurdle at 2850, ahead of 2875.The MACD has indicated a bearish crossover, suggesting that the downside momentum could be picking up again.Overall volume shrank 32.7% with 1.0b units traded, and the total value tumbled 27.4% to S$0.9b; while average value/unit climbed 8.0% to S$0.88.
Will looming supply glut cloud positive outlook for property sector?
A supply of 10,262 units is bound in 2H16.
Singtel unveils WiFi calls feature for postpaid subscribers
It is currently available on selected mobile devices.
Singaporean companies need novelty to retain its customers, say analysts
Their products shouldn’t be easily replicated.
Are developers worried about thinning home sale volumes?
Developers held back launches during the Hungry Ghost Festival.
OUE buys back 1.05m company shares for $1.7m
The group is aggressively raising its share value.
Empty seats: Singapore Airlines' passenger carriage dropped 6.8%
Poor demand prompted a system-wide decline.
E-commerce share of retail receipts to grow to 10% by 2020: MTI
It’s currently at 3%.
Will Singapore's lacklustre NODX see better days soon?
Its flat growth is better than the 10.6% contraction a month ago.
Singapore's NODX sinks by another 1.9% in August
No thanks to the shrinking electronic and non-electronic NODX.
Chart of the Day: Check out the thinning job vacancies in Singapore
Job posts declined to 49,400 in June.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 0.14%
Expect muted gains today.
Daily Briefing: Singapore home sales drop; Singapore shipping trust seeks restructuring
And Singapore biopharma industry makes significant strides.
Singapore banks report Indonesian clients suspected of tax evasion
Customers are participating in Indonesia’s tax amnesty.
Jobseekers outnumber vacant career posts in Q2
Unemployment spikes by 2.1%.
Commentary
Singapore’s family offices: Time to professionalise or risk falling behind
Liquidity crucial to stock market reform