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Inequality
Singapore's poorest households spending more than they earn: SingStat data
SINGAPORE (July 31): Singapore’s overall average monthly household income has risen 2.4% since half a decade ago in 2012/13, but the bottom 20% of households in the city state might be feeling even poorer than before.
July 31, 2019
Singapore economy
Services sector braces for less optimistic outlook in 2H19
SINGAPORE (July 31): Companies in the services sector are slightly less optimistic about business conditions in the second half of 2019, according to data released on Wednesday by the Singapore Department of Statistics.
July 31, 2019
Global Economy
Asia's policy-makers just scored a new e-commerce growth measure
SINGAPORE (Apr 16): Policy makers in Asia grappling with how to measure the growth of e-commerce just scored one more tool in Singapore.
April 16, 2018
Singapore economy
Median household income up 1.5% in 2017
SINGAPORE (Feb 8): The median monthly household income from work for Singapore resident employed households increased by 2% in nominal terms to $9,023 in 2017 from $8,846 in 2016.
February 08, 2018
Singapore’s income gap narrowed in 2016 with growth of median household income
SINGAPORE (Feb 16): Not only was Singapore’s Gini coefficient, a measure of income disparity, the lowest in a decade at 0.458 in 2016 – it fell even further to 0.402 after adjusting for government transfers and taxes, according to Singapore’s Depart
February 16, 2017
Singapore consumer prices post smallest decline in 21 months
(Oct 24): Consumer prices in Singapore posted the smallest decline in 21 months in September, signalling a record slump in inflation that began almost two years ago may be nearing an end.
October 24, 2016
Domestic and foreign wholesale trade falls in 2Q
SINGAPORE (Aug 19): Domestic and foreign wholesale trade has fallen 20.5% and 16.6% in 2QFY2016, compared with 2QFY2015, according to figures from the Singapore Department of Statistics.
August 19, 2016