Singapore: Staff Report for the 2013 Article IV Consultation

November 14, 2013

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Singapore: Staff Report for the 2013 Article IV Consultation, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2013) accessed November 26, 2024

Summary

This 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights that since the robust recovery from the global financial crisis, Singapore’s growth momentum has eased and become more erratic. Growth decelerated to 1¼ percent in 2012 before picking up sharply in the first half of 2013. This reflects shifts in G3 (U.S., Europe, and Japan) demand and global risk appetite. At the same time, the current account surplus narrowed sharply to a still-high 18½ percent of GDP in 2012. The near-term outlook is for GDP to grow by 3½ percent in 2013-2014, supported by stronger demand from major advanced economies, despite some softening in regional economies.

Subject: Banking, Credit, Financial institutions, Housing, Income, Loans, Money, Mortgages, National accounts

Keywords: Anchor inflation expectation, Car price appreciation, Core CPI inflation, CPI-All Items inflation, CR, Credit, Equity price, Global, Headline inflation, Housing, Income, ISCR, Loans, Monetary policy, Mortgages, Nominal exchange rate appreciation, Singapore, Singapore dollar

Publication Details

Pages:

68
Volume:

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Issue:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2013/328
Stock No:

1SGPEA2013004
ISBN:

9781475521054
ISSN:

1934-7685

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