SINGAPORE – Singaporeans have the sixth highest rate of cryptocurrency ownership among people surveyed in 22 countries. Nearly 16 per cent of Singaporean adults currently own cryptocurrency, according to the poll by fintech comparison website Finder.com. The survey of 40,645 people across 22 countries included 985 adults in the Republic. Finder cryptocurrency editor Keegan Francis […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE’S core and headline inflation rates edged up marginally in September, slightly above economists’ expectations, Department of Statistics (Singstat) consumer price index (CPI) figures showed on Monday. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) maintained their inflation forecasts for 2021 and 2022, but their outlook has shifted towards expecting […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Singapore plans to further reduce the carbon footprint of its power sector by importing around 30 per cent of its electricity from low-carbon sources, such as renewable energy plants, by 2035. This move will allow the Republic, which lacks access to most renewable energy options other than solar, to tap sources such as […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Singapore’s private home prices rose at a faster rate in the third quarter despite retightened Covid-19 restrictions, driven by the surge in landed property sales and prices, and the knock-on effects of the red-hot Housing Board resale market. Private property values climbed 1.1 per cent from the previous quarter, according to data from the Urban […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – Retail property rents in Singapore’s central region continued to retreat in the third quarter of this year, while those for office space fell, reversing a six-month recovery. According to data from Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Friday (Oct 22), retail rents fell by a sharper 2.7 per cent in the […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE: The port of Singapore is ready to help ease the global supply chain crisis, but this is expected to cause container pileups and longer waiting times for ships coming to dock here, Senior Minister of State for Transport Chee Hong Tat said on Wednesday (Oct 20). Global supply chains have been under pressure amid […]
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