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Singapore's economy expands 5.7% in the second quarter, beating expectations 35%
By Lim Hui Jie25%
7/14/2026, 12:15:03 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 8 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Biased Writer Voice, with Post Hoc (False Cause) as the most egregious example at 36.5% saturation with 91 hits. Analysis detected 351 faulty-reasoning hits from 249 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 42.5% and a BS Rank of 35% (14,316 of 21,886 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 65.40% of the article peer group.
Singapore's economy expanded 5.7% in the second quarter, topping market expectations, on the back of strong growth in the manufacturing sector.
The growth figure was higher than the 5.5% expected by economists polled by Reuters, but lower than the revised 6.3% seen in the first quarter, according to a release from the country's Ministry of Trade and Industry .
The goods sector expanded 10.4% from the 8.4% in the previous quarter, while growth in the services sector slowed to 4.6% from 6.2% in the first quarter.
The advance GDP data comes as Singapore's central bank prepares to announce its quarterly monetary policy decision later this month.
Instead of using interest rates, the city-state manages monetary policy by influencing the Singapore dollar's value against the currencies of its main trading partners within an undisclosed trading band, known as the Singapore dollar nominal effective exchange rate, or S$NEER.
The Singapore dollar traded at 1.294 against the greenback, marginally weaker after the data release.
The GDP data also comes as inflation in the city-state held steady at 1.8% in May, its joint-highest level since September 2024.
The MAS said in its CPI release that global energy prices remain elevated compared to 2025, forecasting that full-year inflation at 1.5%–2.5%.
In May, Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry projected that GDP growth for 2026 would come in at 2%-4%, "although downside risks have risen significantly as a result of the US-Israel-Iran conflict," it said.
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