Local manufacturing firms increasingly optimistic amid ongoing trade war: EDB survey

SINGAPORE (July 31): Positive business sentiment is on the uptrend among Singapore's manufacturers even with the ongoing US-China trade war, according to the Economic Development Board’s (EDB) Survey of Business Expectations of the Manufacturing Sector for 3Q18.

Compared to the EDB’s findings over 2Q, a net weighted balance of 5% of Singapore’s manufacturers are expecting output to increase in 3Q, with all clusters – save for chemicals – projecting higher output levels within the next three months.

General manufacturing appears the most optimistic on production prospects, with a net weighted balance of 20% of firms projecting increased output this quarter compared to 2Q.

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