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SINGAPORE (Sept 6): Economists have raised their forecasts for Singapore's economic growth in the third quarter, with manufacturing activity likely to remain solid after a strong first half, a central bank survey showed on Wednesday.

SINGAPORE (June 27): New research is putting to bed any doubt that machines are poised to take over the world. Or the business world, at least.

SINGAPORE (June 14): Economists raised their forecasts for Singapore's growth this year, compared to three months ago, as they upgraded their views on manufacturing and bank lending, a central bank survey showed on Wednesday.

SYDNEY/TOKYO (June 2): Whether or not the land Down Under snaps its two-decade-long streak without a recession, a glance at the charts shows this past week has been a "septima horribilis" (to purloin and tweak from Queen Elizabeth II) for the wo

SINGAPORE (May 25): The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) announced today that it has maintained the GDP growth forecast for 2017 at “1.0 to 3.0%”, with growth likely to come in higher than 2.0% barring the materialisation of downside risks.

SINGAPORE (April 12): Many emerging market (EM) policymakers are still struggling with the hurdles of implementing the changes required to create vibrant and well-performing capital markets, despite understanding how important it is to do so in order to s

 

SINGAPORE (Aug 19): Moody’s Investor Service has increased its growth forecast for emerging markets up by 0.2 percentage points, to 4.4% for 2016 and 5.0% for 2017. This comes on the back of economic stabilisation in China, a modest recovery in commodit