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US consumers will drive demand with low household debts
Fact: Globally, economic growth is already slowing under the various strains.
May 05, 2022
Economic outlook 2021
Strong but spotty growth for 2H2021
Will we see growth and inflation in the latter half of 2021?
June 11, 2021
Malaysia
Preventing permanent damage from the pandemic
Incidentally, the World Health Organization (WHO) on April 2 said it expects the number of Covid-19 cases in Malaysia to peak in mid-April and that there are signs of a flattening of the infection curve.
April 09, 2020
Global Economy
Equity markets recover, but growth subdued by coronavirus
Equity markets, economic growth, China economy, US economy, Singapore economy, gold prices, crude oil prices, Novel Coronavirus, World Health Organization (WHO), Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), SGD NEER, S&P 500 index, CSI 300 Index, Straits Times
February 07, 2020
Emerging Markets
How developing countries create industrial champions
For many firms in emerging and developing economies, emulating the successes of Samsung and Hyundai may seem like an impossible dream. But the rapid economic growth of Japan, South Korea and other Asian countries in the second half of
January 23, 2020
Global Economy
More than half of CEOs see global growth slowing this year
The proportion of CEOs expecting global growth to slow in the coming year has risen 10-fold since 2018.
January 21, 2020
The Decade Ahead
Tech firms' turn to face regulatory mountain and consumers' ire; financial firms to outperform
SINGAPORE (Dec 27): The rapid growth of the technology sector, led by the FANG (Facebook, Amazon.com, Netflix and Alphabet’s Google) stocks, has been dominating headlines and investors’ attention for a decade. Having conquered the wallets and minds of
December 27, 2019
Singapore economy
Pickup in Singapore's economy will come with hiccups, says AMRO
SINGAPORE (Dec 19): Singapore’s economy is set to pick up gradually from the sharp downturn it faced this year, in spite of the inherent weakness in the global economy, say economists at the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO).
December 19, 2019
Singapore economy
Recovery in services sector could pave way for rosier economy in 2020: DBS
SINGAPORE (Dec 17): Singapore’s bottoming economy is set to have tepid recovery boosted by a revival of the services sector in 2020, analysts at DBS say.
December 17, 2019