IT TOOK 15 quarters of market corrections to bring private residential prices down by 11.6 per cent in the second quarter of 2017, but it may take only five to six quarters of market recovery to bring prices back up if the current momentum holds. Analysts are expecting a new peak in private home prices […]
Read MoreM&A APPETITE among Singapore and South-east Asian companies has dipped, says Ernst & Young (EY) in its 18th Global Capital Confidence Barometer. The biannual survey of 2,500 executives across 43 countries found that 40 per cent of Singapore executives plan on pursuing acquisitions in the next 12 months, down from 52 per cent six months […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Private home prices rose 3.4 per cent in the second quarter from the previous three months, keeping pace with the 3.9 per cent increase in the first quarter, flash estimates from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) showed on Monday (July 2). The increase in the April to June quarter was led by a 3.8 […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE: Singapore’s exports grew at their fastest pace in seven months in May, boosted by an extended surge in pharmaceutical shipments, though a heated Sino-US trade dispute is clouding the outlook for the trade-dependent city state. Non-oil domestic exports rose 15.5% year-on-year last month, data from trade agency International Enterprise Singapore showed yesterday, accelerating from […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE’S exports logged another month of strong growth in May as non-oil domestic exports (NODX) beat forecasts to jump 15.5 per cent over the same month a year ago thanks largely to non-electronic shipments. This was significantly better than the 3 per cent increase predicted by economists in a Bloomberg poll. May’s surge followed from April’s 11.8 per cent […]
Read MorePRIVATE-SECTOR economists have flagged faster-than-expected interest rate increases as one of the top risks to Singapore’s economy over the rest of the year, according to a new survey. The threat of a global trade war also remains a key concern among those polled in the survey conducted by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The […]
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