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SINGAPORE (July 22): China is not just the world’s largest exporter of goods; it is now the world’s largest exporter of capital, too. Of course, these two facts are linked. China earns so much from being the world’s factory, and the spending of its

SINGAPORE (July 16): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut Singapore's 2019 growth forecast to 2% from 2.3% as global trade tensions hit exports from the city-state.

SINGAPORE (July 8): Senior Minister and chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore Tharman Shanmugaratnam has been included in the “early shortlist” of candidates to be the next managing director of the International Monetary Fund.

SINGAPORE (July 8): Christine Lagarde, nominated on July 2 to lead the European Central Bank (ECB), will need all her proven attributes, and help from others, to succeed as the new leader of one of the world’s three most systemically important central b

SINGAPORE (July 1): Growth is decelerating in Europe, the US, China, Japan and other leading economies, as the International Monetary Fund and World Bank recently highlighted by revising their global forecasts for this year substantially downward. At the

SINGAPORE (July 1): Growth is decelerating in Europe, the US, China, Japan and other leading economies, as the International Monetary Fund and World Bank recently highlighted by revising their global forecasts for this year substantially downward. At the

SINGAPORE (June 24): Amid escalating geopolitical tensions and uncertainty over global growth, there is one region presenting hope and opportunity: Asia. The International Monetary Fund expects it to grow 5.6% this year, accounting for two-thirds of globa

SINGAPORE (June 24): Amid escalating geopolitical tensions and uncertainty over global growth, there is one region presenting hope and opportunity: Asia. The International Monetary Fund expects it to grow 5.6% this year, accounting for two-thirds of globa

SINGAPORE (June 10): “A lot doesn’t depend on the retail shareholder; it depends on us to be able to ensure that what we put in front of us is in line with the objectives of the retail shareholder.” — Temasek International CEO Dilhan Pillay Sandra

(May 6): In April 2018, the International Monetary Fund projected that the world economy would grow robustly, at just above 3.9% that year and into 2019. The global upswing, the fund said, had become “broader and stronger.” That view quickly proved to