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发表于 14-12-2008 09:35:21|来自:新加坡
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无利率手段的经济体只有通过贬值刺激
房价下跌,通涨压力减轻,贬值更无压力
已有8%的人三个月不还HDB房款 http://www.zaobao.com/sp/sp081213_501_1.shtml
关门喝鲍鱼汤,还是开门大甩卖?
http://business.asiaone.com/Business/News/Story/A1Story20081211-107097.html
Singapore seen emerging Asia's weakest economy | | HONGKONG- Singapore is poised to be emerging Asia's worst-performingeconomy next year, when it is likely to remain entrenched in recessionas the global downturn erodes demand for its exports, a Reuters pollshows.
The poll predicts the island state's gross domestic product (GDP)will contract 1.1 percent in 2009. That marks a rapid deterioration inthe economic environment from two months ago as the global financialcrisis has deepened - a similar poll in late September forecast 4.6percent GDP growth in 2009.
"Singapore is particularly open to external trade - itsexport-to-GDP ratio is more than 180 percent, compared with an Asiaaverage of 60-70 percent," said Eric Tsang, an analyst at Calyon inHong Kong.
"Soas U.S., European and Japanese consumers spend less that will hurtSingapore's exports and have a knock-on effect on the rest of theeconomy."
Economists see some rebound in 2010, forecasting 4.2 percent growth,but that would be well below average annual growth of 6.8 percentbetween 2003 and 2007.
Singapore slipped into recession - defined as two quarters of negative quarterly growth - in the third quarter.
Philip McNicholas, an economist at Ideal Global in Singapore, saidthe first quarter of next year would be especially tough - he forecastsGDP will drop at an annualised rate of 15 percent, seasonally adjusted,as exports plunge.
"That will be mainly due to a collapse in U.S. sentiment,"McNicholas said. "The U.S. plans a fiscal stimulus package early nextyear, but it's got to get that through Congress and to the people, sothat may not be until the end of Q1 or the start of Q2."
The government pledged $1.5 billion last month to help firms securecredit and said it was prepared to run a bigger budget deficit to boostthe economy.
Manufacturing accounts for about a quarter of the economy andfactory output fell 12.7 percent in October from September, seasonallyadjusted, and 12.6 percent from a year earlier, led by slidingelectronics and drugs output.
Manufacturing is expected to be harder hit next year as the downturnin advanced economies accelerates and job losses in the sector willrise as a result, analysts say.
Rising unemployment will dent consumer spending, which is not being helped by a decline in tourism since August.
As the weak economy will encourage the authorities to keep monetarypolicy loose, the Singapore dollar is likely to remain sluggish, thepoll forecast.
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