Domestic wholesale trade (seasonally adjusted) increased 3.2% in 1Q2013 over 4Q2012. Excluding petroleum, domestic wholesale trade grew by 2.5%. Foreign wholesale trade (seasonally adjusted) increased 3.0% in 1Q2013 over 4Q2012. Excluding petroleum, foreign wholesale trade grew by 4.5%.
An information paper on “Re-basing of the Wholesale Trade Index (2012 = 100)” is released by the Singapore Department of Statistics. The paper presents the re-basing of the Wholesale Trade Index from reference year 2007 to reference year 2012. Details on the data sources, methodology adopted, formula for index compilation and the comparison of the re-based series and old series are provided in the paper.
Non-oil domestic exports increased 1.1% in Apr 2013 on a month-on-month seasonally adjusted basis, following the previous month’s 8.0% expansion.
Results of the Economic Survey of Singapore, 1st Qtr 2013 will be released on 23 May 2013, 8.00a.m.
Retail sales, on a seasonally-adjusted basis, decreased 5.4% in Mar 2013 compared to Feb 2013. Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales declined 4.5%. Seasonally-adjusted sales of food & beverage services increased 2.1% in Mar 2013 compared to Feb 2013.
Singapore’s life expectancy at birth increased from 81.9 years in 2011 to 82.3 years in 2012.
The year-long Household Expenditure Survey 2012/13 moves into its ninth month with the launch of the 17th and 18th survey groups on 13 May 2013 and 27 May 2013 respectively.
“Monthly Digest of Statistics, Apr 2013" released.
An overall net weighted balance of 6% of firms in the services sector expects positive business prospects for the period of Apr - Sep 2013 compared with Oct 2012 - Mar 2013.