Singapore’s large financial sector has remained resilient. The output has shown to rebound strongly despite a drop of 9 … housing prices. The downside risks for the Singapore economy are large, but the country has large buffers and significant …

This paper discusses the unique aspects of Singapore’s financial, exchange rate, and wage policies during the period … appropriate wage policy is complementary to exchange rate policy in maintaining external competitiveness in Singapore …

This Selected Issues paper presents a background and recent policy developments for Singapore’s financial sector. The … the external environment on economic activity in Singapore. Competitiveness issues are also discussed …

Singapore’s economic growth has been heavily dependent on factor accumulation during the past three decades. Attempts … to gauge productivity growth in Singapore and other East Asian countries has led to the widely publicized debate on … by the authorities, Singapore’s productivity growth was indeed very low until the 1980s, but has improved significantly …

This Statistical Appendix report on Singapore discusses the economic indicators for the period 1995–99. The report …; foreign direct investment inflows by industry; assets and liabilities of the Monetary Authority of Singapore; assets and … liabilities of commercial banks of Singapore; summary of balance of payments; export and import performance; services and income …

This Selected Issues paper assesses the stability of Singapore’s banking system in a regional context. It proposes a … Monetary Authority of Singapore’s exchange rate-centered framework is well suited to shape monetary decision making, given the …

This 2009 Article IV Consultation highlights that Singapore has been severely affected by the global downturn. The …. Executive Directors have observed that the floating exchange rate regime has served Singapore well, and that the exchange …