Economists raise Singapore’s 2024 growth forecast to 2.4%; expect lower headline inflation of 3.1%: survey
PRIVATE-SECTOR economists marginally raised their forecast for Singapore’s 2024 economic growth and lowered their expectations for headline inflation, in the latest quarterly...
The submergence of emerging markets
IT WAS an off-the-record, online conversation about the state of the world. Nobel laureates, former government officials and hedge-fund managers held forth...
As growth gets harder to achieve, Singapore must transform, innovate and be a global-Asia node: DPM Heng
WITH growth getting harder to achieve, Singapore must restructure its economy to sustain transformation, encourage innovation and boost its standing as a...
IMF upgrades Asia’s 2024 growth forecast on robust external demand, positive momentum
ASIA is set to grow at 4.5 per cent in 2024, up from October’s projection of 4.2 per cent, said the International...
US Q4 GDP to crown vigorous second half
A LIKELY moderation of US economic growth in the fourth quarter of 2023 ended an otherwise solid stretch of activity over the...
Amro maintains 2024 growth forecast for Asean+3 at 4.5% on robust domestic demand
THE Asean+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (Amro) expects the gross domestic product of the region to grow 4.5 per cent this year, underpinned...
What we really know about the global economy
WHAT is going to happen to the world economy? We will never know the answer to this question. In one decade after...
Global banks see no recession, US companies more circumspect
HEADING into 2024, analysts say the US recession they’d been forecasting for two years isn’t coming anymore. Everyone else, from companies to...
Taiwan central bank cuts GDP outlook, stands pat on rates
TAIWAN’S central bank cut its 2023 economic growth forecast for the export-reliant economy due to sluggish global demand, but as expected, it...
Thai economy on strong footing despite recent stock selloff, says minister
THAILAND’S economic stability remains strong despite a recent selloff on its stock market, a deputy finance minister said on Thursday (Dec 14)...