The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on April 14 tightened monetary policy, the third time since October 2021, with the aim to combat inflation that is expected to heat up.
Private economists kept their forecast for Singapore's 2022 economic growth at 4 percent, according to a survey recently released by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
The year-on-year inflation rate in Laos jumped to 6.25 percent in January, the highest figure recorded since January 2020, according to the Lao Statistics Bureau.
Singapore's economy will grow by 4 percent next year, likely be driven by improvements in the construction sector as well as manufacturing and finance, according to a survey of professional forecasters.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced on October 1 that it will launch a data and information-sharing platform, named Cosmic, to prevent money laundering, terrorism funding and proliferation financing.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) plan to begin a phased linkage of Malaysia’s DuitNow and Singapore’s PayNow real-time payment systems in late 2022.
Singapore's first-ever sale of bonds to finance infrastructure projects, slated for next week, is considered to be ideal as signs that the global recovery is stuttering increases demand for top-rated debt.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on September 14 announced a project to link their respective fast payment systems to facilitate cross-border money transfer with low cost.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Bank of France (BdF) on July 8 announced the successful completion of a wholesale cross-border payment and settlement experiment using central bank digital currency (CBDC).
Despite the latest round of tighter COVID-19 restrictions, Singapore’s economy will grow by 6.5 percent this year, higher than the Government’s forecast of 4-6 percent, according to the latest survey released by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
Singapore's economic growth may decline in the April-June period compared with the previous quarter because of the recently re-imposed coronavirus curbs, putting at risk the full-year target of more than 6 percent, experts have said.
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the world’s largest trade pact, will reduce tariffs and harmonise trade rules, and Singapore and regional nations stand to gain from it by being more deeply plugged into global supply chains.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said on March 31 that the country will contribute over 20.5 million USD to international efforts to help vulnerable low-income countries cope with economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Singapore's economy will grow by 5.8 percent this year, higher than the 5.5 percent expansion predicted earlier, a quarterly survey by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has found.
Singapore’s deflation eased in November, with both core and headline inflation at -0.1 percent year-on-year, compared to -0.2 percent in October, according to the Department of Statistics (Singstat) consumer price index (CPI) figures on December 23.
Singapore's economy will grow by 5.5 percent next year, putting an end to the nation's worst recession ever, according to a survey of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
From mid-2021, users of Singapore's PayNow and Thailand's equivalent PromptPay will be able to send money instantly and securely across the two countries with their mobile phone numbers at competitive rates, according to Ravi Menon, managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
The Bank Indonesia (BI) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have announced the extension of their 10-billion-USD bilateral financial arrangement for another year.
Singapore will soon adjust its debt moratorium schemes, with the regulator looking to extend the programmes to certain borrowers beyond December 31 this year, while also ensuring that those with the ability to pay should begin repayment before the moratoriums expire.
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