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DPM Heng warns against 'excessive expectations' as Singapore awaits Resilience Budget to save virus-hit economy

Stanislaus Jude Chan
Stanislaus Jude Chan • 2 min read
DPM Heng warns against 'excessive expectations' as Singapore awaits Resilience Budget to save virus-hit economy
“It is important not to have excessive expectations or merely focus on the headline numbers," says Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Heng Swee Keat.
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SINGAPORE (Mar 26): The bigger the crisis, the higher the expectations of a government-led bailout.

Already, market watchers say the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is expected to dwarf the effects on Singapore’s economy from the 2008 global financial crisis.

But Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Heng Swee Keat is tempering expectations ahead of the unveiling of a second stimulus package aimed at helping Singapore weather the coronavirus outbreak.

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