BUSINESS sentiments in Singapore rebounded in 2021, with the proportion of companies that reported being negatively impacted by Covid-19 halving to 32 per cent, from 63 per cent a year ago. Nevertheless, of those that have been negatively impacted by the pandemic, nearly 7 in 10 said they expect to take more than a year to […]
Read MorePRIVATE-SECTOR economists expect Singapore’s full-year growth to be 6.9 per cent in 2021 and 4 per cent in 2022, according to the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) latest quarterly survey of professional forecasters released on Wednesday (Dec 8). This is comparable to the government’s forecasts of “around 7 per cent” for 2021, and 3 per cent to […]
Read MoreMost of the items put on sale at the store chain are the results of the Vietnam Trade Office’s efforts in supporting businesses during the year. The Vietnamese Goods Week 2021 kicked off on December 6 in NTUC FairPrice and Hao Mart, the two large supermarket chains of Singapore. Jointly held by the Vietnam Trade […]
Read MoreBUSINESS confidence among local businesses has increased marginally for the first quarter of 2022, reaching a 2-year high despite continued uncertainties in the Covid-19 trajectory, the Singapore Commercial Credit Bureau (SCCB) said on Tuesday (Dec 7). In a press statement, the subsidiary of credit and risk information solutions provider Credit Bureau Asia said its quarterly […]
Read More[SINGAPORE] More than 5,000 people travelled quarantine-free by land between Singapore and Malaysia via the vaccinated travel lane (VTL) in the first 5 days after border measures were eased. Another 2,771 people entered Singapore from Malaysia through air VTL over the same period. Last Monday (Nov 29), the rules were relaxed for those fully vaccinated […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Singapore households have amassed a larger pile of debt than they had before Covid-19 struck, thanks to a buoyant property market. Hence, households must carefully assess their ability to meet mortgage obligations and those with a heavy debt load should not take on more loans, the Monetary Authority of Singapore advised in its […]
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