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Business optimism among SMEs tumbles to all-time low amid virus uncertainties

Uma Devi
Uma Devi • 3 min read
Business optimism among SMEs tumbles to all-time low amid virus uncertainties
“These are unprecedented times for the business community. We’re facing one of the worst outbreaks in history, unprecedented border closures of entire countries and growing uncertainty in the global financial markets,” says SBF CEO Ho Meng Kit.
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SINGAPORE (Apr 2): Fears are mounting among small and medium enterprises (SMEs), a segment which has been lauded as one of Singapore’s main economic drivers, as the Covid-19 pandemic escalates.

A quarterly survey conducted by the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) and Experian revealed that business optimism across some 3,000 SMEs from six sectors is at its lowest since 2009.

The SBF-Experian SME Index, which measures the business sentiment of SMEs in Singapore, comprises inputs from SMEs, registered an overall reading of 48.3 for the period of 2Q-3Q2020.

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