by George Goh | Aug 14, 2022 | Economic Growth, Government Announcements
The Straits Times, 8 Aug 2022, Mon 7:00 PM By Goh Yan Han SINGAPORE – Singaporeans must brace themselves and be psychologically prepared that in the next decades, the region might not be as peaceful and stable as it has been, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said...
by George Goh | Aug 14, 2022 | Economic Growth, Government Announcements
The Business Times, 1 Aug 2022, Mon 5:52 PM By Tessa Oh THE S$7.4 billion loss recorded by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) in FY2021/22 was due to a “currency translation effect” and is not relevant to the regulator’s investment performance, which is...
by George Goh | Aug 14, 2022 | Economic Growth, Government Announcements
The Straits Times, 27 July 2022, Weds 11:44 AM By Ven Sreenivasan SINGAPORE – Singapore’s inflation may have reached 13-year highs, but it is nowhere near the peak. Analysts reckon that given the uncertainties on the geopolitical front, such as the war in...
by George Goh | Aug 14, 2022 | Economic Growth
The Straits Times, 19 July 2022, Tues 12:00 PM By Claire Huang SINGAPORE – Inflationary pressures, wobbly global growth and global tightening monetary policies have weighed on the central bank’s fiscal performance. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)...
by George Goh | Aug 14, 2022 | Economic Growth
The Straits Times, 8 June 2022, Thurs 6:25 PM By Choo Yun Ting SINGAPORE – Private-sector analysts have shaved their growth forecast for 2022, with the sharper-than-expected rise in inflation and slower economic activity in China among the downside risks for...