Wuhan virus could score a point - off Singapore's economic growth
Economists say fiscal firepower may be deployed to mitigate impact on affected sectors, but rule out easing of foreign labour curbs
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Annabeth Leow
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SINGAPORE'S economy, which is still in a fitful recovery from the trade war, could lose up to one percentage point of growth to the Wuhan virus, economic watchers are now warning.
"The economy is just beginning to show signs of stabilisation from the sharp slowdown last year," Nomura's chief Asean economist, Euben Paracuelles, told The Business Times in an e-mail. But now, "the recovery could be delayed or more subdued".
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