[SINGAPORE] Singapore and other South-east Asian economies are poised to remain resilient in the face of increasingly dour signs on the global economy, said Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat.
Economies in the 10-member Association of South-east Asian Nations"and Asean as a group both continue to grow quite well even this year and next," Mr Heng told Bloomberg Television's Haslinda Amin on the sidelines of meetings of the regional bloc in Chiang Rai, Thailand."There will still be growth even though the growth will be uneven across the world and it'll be slower than before.
Global growth has lost momentum since the beginning of the year, a knock for trade-reliant nations in South-east Asia, especially Singapore. For now, regional growth seems to be holding up, with the Asian Development Bank forecasting 4.9 per cent expansion in 2019. In Singapore, authorities see growth easing to slightly below the midpoint of a 1.5 to 3.5 per cent range this year, after reaching 3.3 per cent in 2018, with inflation remaining benign. Mr Heng said the growth forecast isn't being revised at this stage.The finance minister reiterated that a potential worsening of the US-China trade war is a risk to the global economy, with the two powers yet to ink an agreement that would relieve any of the tariffs put in place on US$360 billion in goods.
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