social spending

SINGAPORE (Feb 18): Singapore Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat will aim to strike a delicate balance in Monday’s budget: preaching fiscal prudence while doling out more social spending ahead of elections that could come as early as this year.

SINGAPORE (Mar 5): The unveiling of the Budget for 2018 has triggered a healthy debate on how the likely pressures for more government social spending in Singapore should be funded. The government has proposed a two-percentage-point rise in the Goods and

SINGAPORE (Feb 20): Singapore’s 2017 budget is set to deliver a modest fiscal push to an economy that’s facing a gloomy trade outlook just as it starts to rebound.

SINGAPORE (Feb 8): UOB is forecasting an overall budget surplus of $6.7 billion for FY16 -- 0.9% higher than the Singapore government’s estimate of $3.4 billion -- on expectations of higher contributions from corporate and personal income taxes; motor v