Is 2021 the year the aviation sector sees a recovery?
OCBC Research Group is turning more positive on the aviation sector and is expecting to see a gradual recovery this …
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STI down 0.72% despite December NODX expansion
The Straits Times Index (STI) was down 21.63 points or 0.72% as at 12.48pm on Jan 18 despite December’s non-oil …
Singapore’s NODX logs surprise 6.8% expansion in December
Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports (NODX) ended the year with a surprise increase in December that broke a two-month slowdown. Official …
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How to stay in stocks if the record market has you fearing bubble
The current bull market has been defined by the fact that nothing can defy it. Threats come and go, but …
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Despite recession, Singapore’s property market surprises again with stellar new private home sales in December
Property analysts say the strong new private home sales in 2020 were remarkable given the recession and Covid-19 pandemic. URA …
Rotational interest in index stocks to drive STI higher
Index components continue to move gradually higher on a rotational basis. DBS Group Holdings broke out of a sideways range …
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New economic data ‘points to the danger of negative real GDP’ in Q1: economist
This week’s jobless claims numbers overshot expectations as another 965,000 Americans filed for unemployment, more than the 789,000 expected. As …
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Air travel recovery stalled as governments shun balanced approach to tackling Covid-19 risks
The numbers show that the recovery in air travel which began in late May-early June stalled by November last year. …
Labor market weakness could last ‘for several years’ in pandemic’s wake: economist
The labor market will likely require years to fully recover its pandemic-era losses, even as a COVID-19 vaccine becomes widely …
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Tech is hot again, according to CGS-CIMB
CGS-CIMB analyst William Tng says he is “positive” on the outlook for the tech sector in 2021. This, he says, …
Total retail sales fell 1.9% in November 2020, an improvement from decline in October
Singapore’s retail sales fell 1.9% y-o-y in November 2020, marking an improvement from the 8.5% y-o-y decline in October 2020, …
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Singapore economy shrinks 5.8% in a pandemic-hit 2020
Singapore’s economy shrank 5.8 per cent in a pandemic-hit 2020, preliminary data showed on Monday (Jan 4), although most industries …
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Singapore economy shrinks 5.8% in 2020 after contraction eases to 3.8% in Q4: Flash data
On a quarter-on-quarter seasonally-adjusted basis, the economy grew by 2.1 per cent. SINGAPORE – Singapore’s economy contracted by 5.8 per …
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