The latest market, economy, central-bank, policy and company stories from Singapore, updated every 15 minutes. Last updated 19 October 2026.
| GDP growth (2025) | 5.0% | Fast growth. |
| Inflation (2025) | 0.9% | Close to the ~2% most central banks aim for. |
| Unemployment (2025) | 2.8% | Low: the job market is tight. |
| GDP per person (2025) | $98,814 | Average output per person: a rough measure of how wealthy a country is. |
| Current account (2025) | +16.7% of GDP | Surplus: earns more from abroad than it spends. |
| Exports (2025) | 177.9% of GDP | Very trade-dependent: sensitive to tariffs and global demand. |
Latest official annual figures from World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0). Context, not a forecast or financial advice.
Singapore is weighing regulatory, legal and economic levers against firms behind the haze and could amend or introduce laws “on an urgent basis to ensure further cooperation”, says Senior Minister K Shanmugam.
More than 323,000 companies, including over 37,000 newly incorporated companies, will benefit
Lower-wage workers earning up to S$2,800 a month should get wage increases of 6 to 8 per cent, depending on how their employer has performed.
The bank expects a record year for client activity in its investment banking business in South-east Asia
If we are to have a vibrant IPO scene, firms have to perform well after their offerings into the long term
Analysts remain broadly optimistic about resilience of sector
Growing concern over whether hyperscalers, neo-cloud operators can keep financing the infrastructure needed to deploy them
Long before matcha took off in Singapore, Kevin Chee saw its business potential. More than a decade later, Matchaya has expanded from retail into a major distribution business.
The Consumers Association of Singapore advised consumers to be careful when buying masks and air purifiers from the secondary market as sellers often cannot be verified.
The fire protection specialist’s IPO was 3.86 times subscribed
Y Suites development is targeted to open by the 2029/30 academic year