Department of Statistics
The Singapore Department of Statistics (DOS) collects, compiles and disseminates economic and socio-demographic statistics.
COTD: Trade, accommodation sectors most optimistic about Q4
COTD: Trade, accommodation sectors most optimistic about Q4
The transportation and real estate industries show least optimism.
Retail sales edge up 0.3% YoY in April with broad-based growth
Excluding motor vehicles, growth would be higher year-on-year.
F&B sales rise 1.2% YoY in April, reversing March drop
In March, sales declined 2.7% YoY.
Business receipts fall 3.7% QoQ in Q1 2025
Year-on-year, it grew 6.1%.
Q1 foreign wholesale sales rise 1.1% YoY
Excluding petroleum, foreign wholesale sales grew by 7.7%.
Household employment income rose 1.4% in 2024
Median monthly household employment income went over $11k in 2024.
Manufactured products price index contraction eases in 2024
It was an improvement from the -4.5% in 2023.
Import, export price indices fell in December 2024
The prices of electrical machinery apparatus were lower in December.
Headline inflation rises to 1.6% in November as transport costs ease slower
Transport inflation only fell by 0.7% YoY.
F&B sales fall 2.0% MoM in November despite 3.9% YoY growth
Three industries reported MoM declines.
Retail sales decline 0.7% YoY in November as key sectors show mixed performance
Excluding motor vehicles, sales would slip further by 1.4% YoY.
EU tops Singapore's services export markets in 2023
Export receipts rose 21.6% year-on-year to $72.4b.
Business receipts in service industries rise 12.7% YoY in Q3 2024
Information and Communications led business receipts growth.
Headline inflation falls to 1.4% as private transport and accommodation costs ease
Private transportation inflation's contraction widened to -2.5%.
Domestic wholesale sales fall 3.0% YoY in Q3 amidst industry declines
Petroleum & Petroleum Products impacted sales the most.
Foreign wholesale trade slips 2.4% YoY in Q3 as sectors struggle
General Wholesale Trade posted the largest decline.
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