Govt & Economy

THE BROAD VIEW

State behemoths are devouring the global economy

2024-08-09T08:57:37.000Z
The second quarter was hurt by export volumes falling 5.7 per cent year-on-year and dragging manufacturing output down by 3.3 per cent.

Thai Q2 GDP growth slows sharply amid weak global demand

2023-08-21T07:47:55.000Z
Soaring inflation, painful interest rate rises, a sluggish recovery in its key export market China, and high energy costs are all weighing on business activity.

German economy bids goodbye to years of plenty

2023-06-25T08:20:33.000Z
The Bank of Korea has revised down its forecast for the year to 1.4 per cent in May from 1.6 per cent in February, citing a downturn in the chip industry.

S Korea may cut 2023 GDP growth forecast on sluggish chip sales

2023-06-25T08:04:28.000Z
The Green Plan is a whole-of-nation movement to advance Singapore’s national agenda on sustainable development.

Singapore appoints first government chief sustainability officer

2022-12-30T04:27:20.000Z
Malaysia's ruling Umno party is rushing to hold polls that are only due by September 2023 as some of its leaders, including former prime minister and ex-1MDB chairman Najib Razak and party president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, face long jail terms over graft charges.

Malaysia GE will end up with another fractious coalition, with splintering support

2022-10-14T08:00:00.000Z
The proceeds raised from these bonds will be used to finance expenditures in support of the Singapore Green Plan 2030, including 2 new MRT lines — the Jurong Region Line and the Cross Island Line.

Singapore prices inaugural S$2.4b of 50-year sovereign green bonds to yield 3.04%

2022-08-04T03:59:51.000Z
The Green SGS (Infra) will be issued under the Singapore Green Bond framework. It is  part of the pipeline of up to S$35 billion of sovereign and public sector green bonds that the government and its statutory boards will issue by 2030.

MAS to launch first Singapore sovereign green bond this week

2022-08-01T12:01:17.000Z