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Rates softening, but firms not biting

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Annabeth Leow

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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