BMI Research believes that Singapore household spending will rise in the next few years on the back of the increasing proportion of non-essential expenses such as leisure and recreation costs.
Analysts at UOB KayHian projects Singapore Airlines to report a strong net profit growth in the recently concluded quarter, thanks to the parent airline and SIA Cargo.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley expressed confidence about the country's economic potential during his valedictory session of ASEAN-India Business and Investment Meet and Expo.
The inflation expectations of Singaporeans edged up to 2.97 percent in December as geopolitical uncertainties offset recovery in global economic growth.
Deloitte Singapore is expecting the Budget 2018 to tackle the proposal of staggering the GST rate hikes to lessen the financial impact of the move to the lower income group in the city-state.
Figures from the Singapore Institute of Purchasing and Materials Management showed that the manufacturing sector expanded for the 16th consecutive month in December.
Earlier SIA said they would charge 1.3 percent service fee from January 20 based on the total amount of the booking for flights departing from Singapore.