Economy
Household incomes up 2.4% to $11,780 in 2017-2018
Household incomes up 2.4% to $11,780 in 2017-2018
An average of $4,910 a month is spent on goods and services.
Chart of the Day: Budget deficit to hit 0.4% of FY19/20 GDP
Revenue may also surpass initial projections and grow to $78.92b.
Outstanding winners honoured at the 11th Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2019
The 11th chapter of the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards (APEA) 2019 Singapore was successfully concluded at Singapore Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel...
International CSR Summit 2019: Call for business leaders to take a stand on delivering global goals
The summit was attended by over 300 CSR leaders.
64 CSR programmes and leaders conferred Asia's most prominent CSR awards
A total of 64 projects and business leaders across Asia were selected as recipients of Asia Responsible Enterprise Awards (AREA) 2019, which was an...
EU to deny five nations, including Singapore, some market access rights: report
This would remove a status enabling European banks to rely on credit ratings.
Daily Briefing: Healthcare subsidy income ceiling to rise by up to $300 in October; Hospitality start-up RedDoorz secures $61.6m in series B round
And Singapore-based robo-advisor StashAway bags $16.4m in series B funding.
Singapore falls to eighth spot in global innovation index
But it is still the region's top-ranking economy ahead of Korea, Hong Kong, and China.
Daily Briefing: TTG clinches $10.8m investment from UK-based Librae; Banking tech pay surge to nearly $100,000 annually amidst talent crunch
And SFA is actively promoting the fintech online platform APIX.
Inflation down to 1.2% in June
The fall was partially because of a steeper decline in electricity and gas prices.
A*STAR inks collaboration deals to develop digital solutions for smart cities
Surbana Jurong will incorporate technologies commercialised by A*STAR’s SME and startup licensees.
Will Singapore ease monetary policy amidst Q2 surprise GDP slip?
An analyst believes the policy easing will come amidst shrinking growth and slowing inflation.
Headline inflation could average 0.9% in 2019
Sluggish retail sales and the appreciating SGD have limited price gains.
China expected to post its slowest growth in 27 years
The manufacturing sector and tariffs are expected to drag down real GDP growth to 6.3% in 2019.
NODX down 17.3% in June
Electronic NODX contracted 31.9% YoY.
Asia's economies to grow larger than the rest of the world by 2020: report
Growing intra-regional trade and a rich venture capital market propel the region’s rise.
Singapore GDP growth to fall to 0.9% by end-2019 as technical recession risks loom
MAS might soon intervene and ease monetary policy.
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