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Rates softening, but firms not biting

Corporate shopping sprees fuelled by low rates unlikely; companies could rejig debts instead, say analysts

Annabeth Leow

Published Tue, Jul 30, 2019 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

THE widely-expected quarter-point cut in US Federal Reserve interest rates - which is likely to come at the Fed's end-July meeting - should filter into the Singapore capital market as well, watchers believe.

On how long the rates could last, DBS rates strategist Eugene Leow told The Business Times that "lower for longer is probably the key theme".

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Rates softening, but firms not biting

Annabeth Leow

KEYWORDS IN THIS ARTICLE

Economy & Policy

NTUC aims to do more to support PMEs, who now account for nearly half its membership

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