, Singapore

Singaporeans are not buying it

Wholesale and retail trade flatlined compared to a year ago.

According to the Ministry of Trade and Industry, there was even an annualised sequential decline of 8.4%.

MTI said the flat growth experienced by the sector largely reflected the slowdown in global trade flows during the second quarter.

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