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July 31, 2009
Business expectations of the manufacturing sector for the third quarter of 2009
Business conditions in the manufacturing sector are expected to improve for the second half of 2009. The latest survey shows a weighted 16 per cent of manufacturers predicting an improvement and a weighted 18 per cent expecting deterioration. Read more
May 26, 2009
Monthly Manufacturing Performance - April 2009
Results of manufacturing output for the month compared with the same month last year. A three-month moving average and seasonally adjusted month-on-month index. Cumulative manufacturing output compared to the same period last year. Cluster and... Read more
April 30, 2009
Business Expectations of the Manufacturing Sector
The Survey of Business Expectations of the Manufacturing Sector for the second quarter of 2009 was conducted in March to early April 2009 by the Singapore Economic Development Board. Establishments were asked to indicate their expectation of general... Read more
November 26, 2008
Monthly manufacturing performance - October 2008
Manufacturing output in October 2008 declined 12.6% compared with the same month last year. On a seasonally adjusted month-on-month basis, output shrank 12.7% in October over September. Cumulative manufacturing output for the first ten months of the year... Read more
October 31, 2008
Business expectations of the manufacturing sector
A weighted 10 per cent of firms in the manufacturing sector expect business conditions to improve for the period October 2008 to March 2009 while a weighted 28 per cent expect deterioration. Overall, a net weighted balance of 18 per cent of manufacturers... Read more
October 24, 2008
Monthly manufacturing performance - September 2008
Manufacturing output in September 2008 grew 2.4% compared with the same month last year. On a seasonally adjusted month-on-month basis, output rose 7.0% in September over August. Cumulative manufacturing output for the first nine months of the year shrank... Read more
September 26, 2008
Monthly manufacturing performance - August 2008
Manufacturing output in September 2008 grew 2.4% compared with the same month last year. On a seasonally adjusted month-on-month basis, output rose 7.0% in September over August. Cumulative manufacturing output for the first nine months of the year shrank... Read more
August 26, 2008
Monthly manufacturing performance - July 2008
Cumulative manufacturing output for the first seven months of 2008 dipped 0.9% compared with the same period in 2007. On a seasonally adjusted month-on-month basis, output shrank 1.8% in July over June. The three-month moving average year-on-year index... Read more
July 25, 2008
Monthly manufacturing performance - June 2008
Manufacturing output in June 2008 rose 2.5% over the same month last year. On a seasonally adjusted month-on-month basis, production in June increased 4.5% from May. Cumulatively, manufacturing output for the first half of 2008 registered a growth of 3.6%... Read more
June 26, 2008
Monthly manufacturing performance - May 2008
Manufacturing output for the first five months of 2008 increased by 3.7% over the same period in 2007. On a three-month moving average year-on-year basis, output for May increased by 0.2%. The seasonally adjusted index for May dipped 5.7% from April.... Read more
May 26, 2008
Monthly manufacturing performance - April 2008
Manufacturing output for the first four months of 2008 increased by 8.0% over the same period in 2007. The three-month moving average index for April was 7.7% higher than a year ago. Output in April, however, dipped 5.7% compared to the same month last... Read more
April 30, 2008
Business expectations of the manufacturing sector
A weighted 13 per cent of the manufacturing sector expects the business situation to improve for the period April to September 2008, while a weighted 20 per cent foresee less favorable conditions. This translates to a net weighted balance of 7 per cent of... Read more
April 25, 2008
Monthly manufacturing performance - March 2008
March manufacturing output grew 16.9% on the back of a surge in output of pharmaceuticals Read more
March 26, 2008
Monthly manufacturing performance - February 2008
Manufacturing output was 10.0% higher than February last year Read more
February 26, 2008
Monthly manufacturing performance - January 2008
Manufacturing output grew 6.9% in January 2008 compared to January 2007. The growth was boosted primarily by a surge in output by the biomedical manufacturing cluster. The three-month moving average index for January 2008 increased 1.4% over the... Read more
January 31, 2008
Business expectations of the manufacturing sector for the first quarter of 2008
The manufacturing sector is cautious about business prospects in the first half of 2008, although most clusters expect output to rise in the first quarter of the year. A weighted 10 per cent of manufacturers expect the general business situation to... Read more
January 25, 2008
Monthly manufacturing performance - December 2007
Manufacturing output contracted by 1.7% in December 2007 compared to output in December 2006. Growth recorded by the other clusters was offset by a decline in the biomedical manufacturing cluster. The three-month moving average index in December 2007 was... Read more
December 26, 2007
Monthly manufacturing performance - November 2007
Manufacturing output contracted 1.5% in November compared to November last year as the expansion in some clusters was offset by contraction in others. The expansions came from the transport engineering, electronics and chemicals cluster while the... Read more
November 26, 2007
Monthly manufacturing performance - October 2007
Manufacturing output grew slightly by 0.9% year-on-year in October. The growth of the sector was affected by the contraction in the biomedical manufacturing cluster. The three-month moving average index for October rose 3.5%. However, the seasonally... Read more
October 26, 2007
Monthly manufacturing performance - September 2007
Manufacturing output decreased by 2.8% in September compared to September last year. The dip came primarily from the reduced output of pharmaceuticals. In contrast, the electronics, chemicals and transport engineering clusters recorded increases in output.... Read more
September 26, 2007
Monthly manufacturing performance - August 2007
Manufacturing output increased by 13.8% in August compared to the same month last year. Five out of the six industry clusters showed expansion. The biomedical manufacturing and transport engineering clusters led the growth in August. The three-month moving... Read more
August 24, 2007
Monthly manufacturing performance - July 2007
Manufacturing output rose by 21.6% year-on-year in July. Much of the growth came from the biomedical manufacturing and transport engineering clusters. The three-month moving average index for July increased 9.9%. The seasonally adjusted month-on-month... Read more
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