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Singapore’s Q4 GDP speeds up on firmer construction, manufacturing
Singapore’s Q4 GDP speeds up on firmer construction, manufacturing By Reuters
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Published Jan 01, 2024 07:15PM ET
Updated Jan 01, 2024 08:50PM ET
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A ship docks at Keppel terminal in Singapore November 17, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo
By Xinghui Kok
SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore’s economy grew 2.8% in the fourth quarter year-on-year, preliminary government data showed on Tuesday, faster than some economists expected and helped by improvements in construction and manufacturing.
The fourth quarter growth in gross domestic product (GDP) was faster than the 1% expansion in the third quarter of 2023.
For the full year of 2023, Singapore’s economy grew 1.2%, moderating from the 3.6% growth in 2022.
Both OCBC economist Selena Ling and Maybank economist Chua Hak Bin said the year-on-year growth was better than they had anticipated in the fourth quarter. Ling was expecting a 1.8% expansion while Chua was looking at 2.5%.
“Green shoots are sprouting in exports and manufacturing, brightening the outlook for 2024,” said Maybank’s Chua, who expects GDP growth of 2.2% in 2024.
OCBC’s Ling forecast range for 2024 is 1-3%, in line with the trade ministry’s projection.
“The key question is how much of a pickup in growth momentum we will have this year given the current uncertainties over whether the U.S. will escape a recession, and if or when the Fed will cut rates, and how geopolitics will play out with U.S and other elections,” she said.
On a quarter-on-quarter seasonally adjusted basis, GDP expanded 1.7% in the October to December period, extending the 1.3% expansion in the third quarter.
Monetary policy is due for review no later than January 29, said the central bank on Tuesday. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) had increased the frequency of reviews from twice a year to quarterly starting in 2024.
In October, the MAS left policy settings unchanged as inflation in the city-state moderated.
Singapore’s core inflation slowed to 3.2% in November last year from a peak of 5.5% in January and February.
Singapore’s Q4 GDP speeds up on firmer construction, manufacturing
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