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Singapore economy grew by 3.1% in 4Q: MTI advance estimates
SINGAPORE (Jan 2): Singapore’s economy grew by 3.1% on-year over 4Q17, easing from the 5.4% growth reported in the previous quarter, according to the latest advance estimates from the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI).
January 02, 2018
State of the City
Growth indicators up, but benefits are uneven in disrupted economy
SINGAPORE (Oct 23): This month, a local news organisation shone a spotlight on homelessness in Singapore. Volunteers and staff from social welfare groups found 180 people sleeping in public places in one night.
October 23, 2017
Broker's Calls
Here's why CIMB is adding these 2 stocks to its top picks
SINGAPORE (Oct 13): CIMB Research is upbeat on Singapore’s manufacturing and property sectors amid advance estimates from the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) that put GDP growth at 4.6% year-on-year in 3Q17.
October 13, 2017
Singapore economy
MTI to release advance 3Q GDP estimates on Oct 13; strong growth may trigger policy shift, says Maybank
SINGAPORE (Oct 6): The Ministry of Trade and Industry announced it will release the advance estimates for growth in Singapore's gross domestic product (GDP) in the third quarter of this year at 8am on Oct 13. It will also release its biannual monetary
October 06, 2017
Singapore economy
Singapore 2017 GDP forecast narrowed to ‘2.0% to 3.0%’: MTI
SINGAPORE (Aug 11): The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) announced today that it has narrowed Singapore's GDP growth forecast for 2017 to “2-3%”, from “1-3%”.
August 11, 2017
Update
MTI advance estimates see 2.5% growth in Singapore's 2Q GDP
SINGAPORE (July 14): Singapore’s economy grew 2.5% y-o-y in the second quarter of 2017, at the same pace of growth in 1Q17, based on the latest advance estimates from the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI).
July 14, 2017
Broker's Calls
Expect Singapore’s industrial sector fundamentals to bottom out in 2017, says Maybank
SINGAPORE (July 3): Maybank Kim Eng is staying “positive” on Singapore industrial REITs as it expects sector fundamentals to bottom out in 2017 on peaking supply and the acceleration of manufacturing growth momentum.
July 03, 2017
Trendlines Medical Singapore to get grant of up to $2.2 mil from SPRING Singapore
SINGAPORE (Jan 16): Trendlines Medical Singapore, the medical incubator subsidiary of Israeli firm Trendlines Group, will receive a grant of up to $2.2 million under SPRING Singapore’s Incubator Development Program.
January 16, 2017
MTI’s new measures to support O&G sector credit positive for Singapore banks: Moody’s
SINGAPORE (Nov 28): Moody’s Investors Service Singapore says the latest support measures introduced by the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) are credit positive for Singapore’s largest lenders, namely DBS Bank, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC),
November 28, 2016
Here’s how MTI intends to ease the financing woes of marine & offshore engineering firms
SINGAPORE (Nov 25): The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) will be introducing a scheme of support measures tailored specifically to help Singapore’s marine and offshore engineering (M&OE) industry address the “intensifying financing challenges” i
November 25, 2016