policy responses

This is not an easy time to be a policy maker anywhere. This is especially so in Singapore, which is much more exposed to the cruel twists and turns of the world economy than larger countries. Decisions with outsized impacts on the wel

The announcement comes weeks after the central bank lowered the overnight policy rate by a quarter-point to 2.50%, to counter risks from the virus to an already slowing economy.

China’s economic growth may show a sharp slowdown in the first quarter, probably dipping to 3% or even lower from 6% in the previous quarter - which was the weakest pace in nearly 30 years, economists estimated.

SINGAPORE (Sept 16): In a global economy that is in constant flux, no one can be certain of where it is headed and what it has in store for the Asian economies. But some things are clear. One is that global economic activity has slowed to a pace where the