Oxford Economics

Singapore economy

Singapore's 2019 GDP growth forecast to moderate to 2.4% on external headwinds

SINGAPORE (Mar 18): The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) is expecting Singapore’s GDP growth to moderate to 2.4% in 2019 from 3.2% in the previous year, against the backdrop of a more challenging environment for exports an

Global Economy

Why services won't ride to the rescue of global growth this year: Oxford Economics

SINGAPORE (Mar 14): Global services growth will slow this year and so won’t prevent world GDP growth slipping to its weakest pace since 2016, says Oxford Economics.

Global Markets

Which markets face the most risks as frontiers drown in debt?

SINGAPORE (Mar 11): With a steady build-up of public debt becoming increasingly held by private creditors, frontier markets (FMs) are outpacing their emerging market (EMs) counterparts to become more and more vulnerable to global financial shocks.

Global Economy

Global GDP growth to ease in 2019, dragged by emerging markets & China: Oxford Economics

SINGAPORE (Oct 18): Oxford Economics is anticipating a slowdown in global economic growth from this year’s 3.1% to 2.8% in 2019, a forecast that comes in slightly below consensus to reflect its pessimistic views on emerging markets (EM) and in particula

Global Economy

Growing talent mismatch & productivity issues taking a toll on global labour market: Hays

SINGAPORE (Sept 25): The global labour market is coming under increasing pressure even with expectations of economic growth to maintain its momentum over the next 12 months, finds the latest and seventh edition of the Hays Global Skills Index.

Global Economy

Risks growing but still little chance of global recession: Oxford Economics' outlook

SINGAPORE (Sept 25): Oxford Economics says there is little chance of a global recession next year given evidence on the ground of a major and sustained worldwide slowdown is still thin.

Global Economy

EM housing markets risk financial stress from rate hikes: Oxford Economics

SINGAPORE (Sept 6): While real house price growth remains positive on the global front, it has nonetheless slowed and there are rising risks from price declines in highly-valued markets and some emerging markets (EMs), says Oxford Economics.

Singapore economy

Singapore's future no longer looking great, economists say

(July 19): Good, not great: That’s increasingly the economists’ take on Singapore’s longer-term prospects, from manufacturing to underlying economic growth.

China Focus

China likely to ease up slightly on financial tightening amid credit slowdown: Oxford Economics

SINGAPORE (May 22): China is likely to shift away from tighter financial policies amid a stronger-than-expected credit slowdown since December last year, even as GDP growth remains a key policy objective, according to research firm Oxford Economics.

M&A

China to continue driving rapid consumer sector M&A growth this year

SINGAPORE (Jan 30): The global consumer sector is the No.1 candidate for merger and acquisition (M&A) growth this year, according to Baker McKenzie’s latest Global Transactions Forecast.
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