Singapore's GDP tipped to grow 6.5%, led by manufacturing and exports: MAS survey

THE strong global economic recovery is fuelling optimism among private-sector economists, who have further raised their full-year Singapore outlook to 6.5 per cent, according to the central bank's survey of professional forecasters on Monday.

In the previous March edition of the survey published by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), economists had predicted full-year gross domestic product (GDP) to expand 5.8 per cent.

The June survey was sent out on May 25, and drew 24 responses.