Singapore Exports Down Worse-than-expected In July
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published August 17, 2016 | 11:51 AM
SINGAPORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 17th Augst,2016) - Singapore exports fell more than expected in July from the previous year on softer US and Chinese demand, the government said Wednesday, giving further credence to an economic slowdown this year. Concerns over the weaker global economic outlook prompted the government this month to narrow its growth forecast for this year to 1-2 percent instead of 1-3 percent as projected earlier. Singapore's economy grew a modest 2.0 percent in 2015, the weakest rate of expansion since 2009 due to the effects of a global financial crisis. On Wednesday, the government's trade promotion body International Enterprise Singapore released data showing that the city-state's non-oil domestic exports fell 10.6 percent year-on-year in July. The decline is worse than the 2.4 percent contraction the previous month.
It was also worse than the 2.
5 percent median estimate of a 2.5 percent decline in a Bloomberg survey of 15 economists. Electronics exports such as semiconductors contracted by 12.9 percent, accelerating from a 1.7 percent decline in June. Non-electronics exports, including pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals and specialised machinery, fell by 9.5 percent from a 2.6 percent fall in June. "Indeed, when it rains, it pours.
This will add on to the long list of poor data pointing to the risk of an economic contraction ahead," said DBS Bank senior economist Irvin Seah. "The writing is on the wall. For those maintaining a sanguine view on the near term outlook on the economy, this should be a wake-up call," he said in a note. The "slowdown in China is the main concern but sluggish growth in the US and uncertainties surrounding the Eurozone are not helping," Seah said.
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