Singapore

Singapore's jobless rate rose to a one-year high of 2.3% in Q208, up from 2.0% in the preceding three months, as firms slowed hiring amid choppy financial markets and a weakening... 2008-08-04

According to advance estimates, GDP growth rebounded to a seasonally adjusted annualised 16.9% q-o-q in Q108, after contracting by 4.8% q-o-q in Q407, with real growth accelerating... 2008-06-11

better than expected fiscal performance in FY2007/08 (April-March) has now left the government in a position to provide more help to its citizens than that promised in February's... 2008-06-10

Singapore's veteran opposition leader, J.B. Jeyaretnam, 82, has launched the new Reform Party with a view to contesting the next general election in 2011. Jeyaretnam first won a seat... 2008-05-13

BMI View: We are forecasting real GDP growth to slow to 5.9% in 2008 from 7.7% in 2007, owing to deteriorating economic conditions in Singapore's main trading partners. In addition,... 2008-05-13

BMI View: With the Sing dollar surging past SGD1.3600/US$ today after the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) re-centred the currency's policy band, we have revised up our end-08... 2008-04-10

Official View: The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced after its twice-yearly policy meeting a re-centring of the Sing dollar's Nominal Effective Exchange Rate (SGD... 2008-04-10

BMI View: Manufacturing will still endure a difficult 2008 despite its 10.0% y-o-y output growth in February, as demand for electronics continues to languish. On a seasonally adjusted... 2008-04-07

Chee Soon Juan, leader of the Singapore Democratic Party, was arrested with 11 others after protesting in front of parliament. An assembly of five or more people requires a permit... 2008-04-07

BMI View: Property price increases will continue to decelerate into H208, and developers are likely to delay launching new construction projects until after the current oversupply... 2008-04-02