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WASHINGTON (June 13): The Federal Reserve will increase interest rates twice more in 2017 and begin shrinking its balance sheet before year’s end despite a clear downturn in the outlook for inflation, according to 43 economists surveyed by Bloomberg.

HONG KONG/MUMBAI (June 13): Asia’s central banks are stacking the sandbags. 

(June 9): Singapore’s economy may be picking up, but consumers aren’t feeling it. 

SINGAPORE (May 31): Singapore has registered negative employment growth of 1% on-year on the Monster Employment Index (MEI) for the month of April, according to the latest MEI data released by Monster Worldwide.

SINGAPORE (May 19): After having entered the workforce in a time of subdued economic conditions, Singapore’s millennials now face the responsibility of financially supporting an increasing number of older, non-working generations over the remainder of t

SINGAPORE (April 18): For the fourth consecutive year, Singapore has retained its top spot in Asia Pacific in the Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI) 2017, followed by Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Malaysia.  

SINGAPORE (March 21): Great Eastern, Mapletree Group and NTUC Income are three homegrown organisations that can be spotted for the first time among Singapore’s top 75 list of companies this year, according to the latest employer brand research data from

SINGAPORE (March 21): In spite of an increasingly challenging economic outlook for the year, nearly half (46%) of Singaporean employers are still expecting to award salary increases of between 3-6% during their next salary review.

(MARCH 21): President Donald Trump and Congress have said they want to overhaul policies that allow companies to bring employees from overseas to the US But the application deadline for the most controversial visa program is the first week of April, which

SINGAPORE (March 17): In one of the most expensive countries in the world to own a car, Peter Chiu is finding a novel way to pay for one.