According to results of the latest census announced on June 16, Singapore’s population saw an annual growth of just 1.1 percent in the last decade, which is the slowest rate since independence in 1965.
The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) in the first four months of 2020 grew by about 1.8 percent year on year, the slowest pace in many years, due to COVID-19, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
The number of international tourist arrivals to Vietnam during January-February rose 4.8 percent year on year to 3.23 million, the lowest increase in the past four years, the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO) said on February 29.
The Statistics Indonesia (BPS) announced on November 4 that the country’s economic growth reached 5.02 percent in the third quarter, the lowest level in more than two years.
Thailand’s economy expanded at the slowest pace in almost five years in the second quarter of 2019 as exports and tourism deteriorated due to impacts from the US-China trade war and the strong baht.
Singapore's economy expanded by its slowest rate in a decade in the second quarter of this year, raising fear of a recession and monetary policy easing in October, according to a Reuters article.
The Singaporean Ministry of Trade and Industry reported on February 14 that the country’s fourth-quarter economic growth was at the slowest pace in the past more than two years, warning that manufacturing is likely to see a significant moderation this year.
The Philippine economy slowed in the second quarter to 6 percent from the 6.6 percent recorded in the first quarter, the lowest growth since the third quarter of 2015.
Singapore’s economy grew by 1.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2016, a rise of 1.8 percent year – on –year, according to estimates by Ministry of Trade and Industry on January 3.
Indonesia’s economy posted a growth rate of 4.79 percent in 2015 – the lowest recorded in the past six years, due to decreases in commodity prices and export turnover to key markets.
Singapore’s employment rate in 2015 was 0.9 percent or 31,800 more people were employed last year, the lowest annual growth since 2003, said the Manpower Ministry (MOM) on January 28.
Singapore’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell to 49.3 in August, the second straight month the figure has fallen,marking the slowest pace since late 2012.
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