SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) – Economists bumped up their 2022 inflation forecast for Singapore by 1.6 percentage points, amid a potential threat to food supply chains. Headline inflation rate is seen rising 5.5 per cent on average in the current quarter and the next, up from less than 4 per cent seen previously, according to the median […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE’S core consumer prices have continued to climb on increases in the cost of food and other goods, as well as electricity and gas, according to figures out on Monday (May 23). Core inflation – which excludes accommodation and private transport costs – jumped to 3.3 per cent in April, up from 2.9 per cent […]
Read MoreSingapore – The Republic’s central bank estimates that there will be more than 9,400 new jobs on offer in the financial sector this year, with about a third of them in technology. Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) chief Ravi Menon on Thursday (May 19) said that of the more than 3,000 jobs in tech, 700 […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE will strive to keep its borders open and stay connected to the rest of world even if a new variant of Covid-19 emerges, Transport Minister S Iswaran said. The island city has learned from its past experiences of dealing with Covid variants, Iswaran said Wednesday in an interview with Bloomberg News. When Omicron hit, […]
Read MoreSingapore’s key exports in April eased slightly from the previous month, although shipments to the Republic’s top 10 markets rose as a whole, according to data from Enterprise Singapore (Enterprise SG) on Tuesday (May 17). Non-oil domestic exports (NODX) rose 6.4 per cent year on year in April, close to private-sector economists’ expectations of a 6.5 […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE’s life insurance industry saw a 2 per cent dip in weighted new business premiums to S$1.21 billion in the first quarter of 2022, from S$1.23 billion in the year-ago period. This came as sales of annual-premium products dropped 20 per cent to S$555.1 million, from S$692.8 million in the year-ago period, according to data […]
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