OUTLOOK 2024
Singapore’s manufacturing could see modest recovery in 2024 on global electronics demand
Tessa Oh
SINGAPORE’S manufacturing slump has likely bottomed out, and the industry should gradually recover in 2024 – though the magnitude and trajectory of this remains uncertain, said observers.
“Manufacturing has been the underdog for 2023. The question is whether we will get a turnaround story in 2024,” said OCBC chief economist Selena Ling.
Singapore’s factory output entered a year-long decline in October 2022, only snapping out of contraction the next October, when output rebounded 7.6 per cent year on year (yoy).