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Retail sales up 4.7% in November as car sales accelerate
Retail sales up 4.7% in November as car sales accelerate
Total sales value stood at $3.5 billion.
New home sales plunged 49% to just 384 units in December
But full-year sales ticked up.
Office landlords struggle to keep tenants as employment growth slows to a crawl
Things will get worse as bank hiring shrinks.
This will be a bad year for business parks, analysts warn
Rents will drop on back of slow demand.
Singapore PSA container throughput performance sinks by 8.7% in 2015
Blame it on anemic global trade.
Up to $34b in construction contracts to be awarded this year, says BCA
But demand from the private sector is slowing.
Hipster restaurants are invading Singapore’s CBD
They’re catering to health-conscious consumers.
Fitch still believes in Noble, but there’s a catch
Unsecured funding access is crucial.
How long can SPH hold off its deteriorating advertising revenues by cost cutting?
Advertising has contracted to worrying levels.
This trio of factors could spell doom or delight for Singapore’s housing-market
There’s a chance the lopsided demand-supply could be tilted.
Chart of the day: Banks are bearish on business prospects in Singapore
Hiring intentions have deteriorated.
Daily Markets Briefing: STI down 1.76%
Brace for a pullback today.
Daily Briefing: Singapore mortgage benchmark rates climb: Possible drop in retail rents in 2016
And sliding prices may force govt to adjust property curbs.
Singapore Customs launches app for advanced duty, GST payments
Travellers can pay GST before getting to Singapore.
Blame housing prices, not oil, for deflation in Singapore: Deutsche Bank
Local petrol prices have not dropped drastically.
COE quotas jump 16.4% for February to April period
A total of 25,210 COEs will be up for grabs.
MAS unlikely to make another off-cycle easing move: analysts
Deflation is less severe now.
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