economy
21 May 2019
The Singapore economy grew by 1.2% on a year-on-year basis in 1Q2019. Real GDP growth is expected to be ‘1.5% to 2.5%’ in 2019.
economy
21 May 2019
"Benchmarking of Singapore's National Accounts to Reference Year 2015" provides information on the adoption of annual chain-linking in the national accounts, and other conceptual and methodological improvements.
industry
17 May 2019
Domestic wholesale trade declined 2.2% in 1Q2019 compared to 1Q2018. Excluding petroleum, domestic sales decreased 3.0%. Foreign wholesale trade registered a year-on-year increase of 1.6% in 1Q2019, due to higher sales of petroleum and petroleum products. Excluding petroleum, foreign sales fell 4.5%.
trade and investment
17 May 2019
Non-oil domestic exports declined 0.6% in Apr 2019 on a month-on-month seasonally adjusted basis, following the previous month's 14.3% contraction.
economy
16 May 2019
"Rebasing of the Import, Export, Singapore Manufactured Products and Domestic Price Indices (2018 = 100)" provides an overview of the exercise and comparison of changes in weighting patterns and price trends.
reference
16 May 2019
Statistics Singapore Newsletter Issue 1, 2019 has been released.
population
16 May 2019
The resident life expectancy at birth was 83.2 years in 2018; 81.0 years for males and 85.4 years for females.
economy
14 May 2019
Results of the Economic Survey of Singapore, 1st Quarter 2019 will be released on 21 May 2019, 8.00 a.m.
industry
10 May 2019
Retail sales decreased 1.0% in Mar 2019 compared to Mar 2018. Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales decreased 1.5%. Sales of food & beverage services grew by 0.7% in Mar 2019 compared to Mar 2018.
industry
30 Apr 2019
An overall net weighted balance of 4% of firms in the services sector expects more favourable business conditions for the period of Apr – Sep 2019 compared with Oct 2018 – Mar 2019.
industry
30 Apr 2019
Overall, a net weighted balance of 1% manufacturers expects an improved business situation for Apr to Sep 2019, compared to 1Q2019.
economy
29 Apr 2019
The Import, Export, Singapore Manufactured Products and Domestic Supply Price Indices rose 1.0%, 0.7%, 1.4% and 1.9% respectively in Mar over Feb 2019.