Economy / Singapore

Recession Worse Than Expected?

January 2009 | Economic Analysis

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BMI View: Singapore's revised Q408 GDP data supports our below-consensus forecast of a 2.8% economic contraction in 2009. If anything, the risks are to the downside.

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