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Singapore’s manufacturing recession unlikely to break the back of inflation: Analysts

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Analysts warned that Singapore’s tight labour market has now become the main domestic driver of price increases.

Analysts warned that Singapore’s tight labour market has now become the main domestic driver of price increases.

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SINGAPORE – The tight labour market means that Singapore’s deteriorating economic growth outlook is unlikely to have a significant impact on inflation in 2023.

Most analysts believe that a surprisingly steep double-digit decline in industrial production in May that

triggered talk of an impending technical recession

will not result in widespread retrenchments.

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