Economy

Asia's consumer sector M&A to increase 21% to US$125.9b in 2018

This is highly due to the rising GDP throughout the region.

Singapore to lure $8b-$10b worth of investments for 2018

The expectations didn't change from 2017 levels as global economic woes persist.

Industrial production growth to hit 7.6% in 2018: RHB

Semiconductor demand is projected to slow but not too severely.

Singapore's import and export price indices rose in 2017

Import prices increased 5.8%, whilst export prices were up by 2.9%.

Singapore's domestic supply price increased 7% in 2017

This was highly driven by a 29.4% increase in oil prices.

Sri Lanka to cut tariff spending by $10m through Singapore free trade

Moody's Investors Service also said the two countries will have more access to other trade markets.

Manufacturing output shrank 3.9% in December

The biomedical manufacturing cluster's output slumped by 34.7%.

South Korea's GDP rose 3.1% in 2017

This was mainly due to an increase of 14.6% in facilities investment.

Brace yourselves for a 1.3% inflation hike in 2018

No thanks to price pressures on fuel, water, and utilites.

Chinese economy to slow down due to weakening of investment

FAI growth decrease of 5.7% YoY in 2017 puts downside economic pressure in 2018.

Industrial occupancy dips despite growth of space supply

Occupancy rate fell from nearly 90% in 2016 to 87% in 2017.

Singapore's CPI inflation eased to 0.6% in 2017

But private road transport inflation highly affected the decrease in CPI in Q42017.