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Global trade woes, cooling steps bite into 2019 GDP forecast

Private economists, however, stick to their projection of 3.2 per cent GDP growth for this year

Annabeth Leow

Annabeth Leow

Published Wed, Sep 5, 2018 · 09:50 PM
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EXTERNAL factors loom over Singapore's economic growth, according to the latest poll of private economists, even as recent policies could take a bite out of the domestic property market.

Their gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for next year has been shaved to 2.7 per cent, from a prediction of 2.8 per cent in June, in a survey by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) out on Wednesday.

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