Reference
06 May 2024
Statistics Singapore Newsletter Issue 1, 2024 released.
Population
06 May 2024
This article decomposes the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) to examine how the increasing prevalence of singlehood and changing fertility patterns of married females have contributed to overall declining fertility trends in Singapore.
Reference
06 May 2024
This article presents an overview of DOS’s digital transformation and latest Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning initiatives.
Economy and Prices
06 May 2024
This article provides an overview of the coverage of hawker food in the Consumer Price Index and offers a comparative analysis of price trends across Hawker Centres and Food Courts & Coffee Shops.
Reference
06 May 2024
This article shares DOS’s pilot project on ‘Early Triggering’ which aims to promptly identify changes in firms’ economic status by leveraging various high-frequency data.
Economy and Prices
06 May 2024
This article discusses the challenges and trade-offs between timeliness and accuracy in compiling quarterly and annual GDP estimates, highlighting the use of timely data to provide a short-term economic picture and the regular refinement of estimates through incorporation of new and more complete data, and methodological improvements.
Economy and Prices
06 May 2024
This article provides an overview of the rebasing exercise for the Producer Price Indices from base year 2018 to 2023, highlighting the changes in the weighting patterns and trends between the 2023-based and 2018-based indices.
Industry
03 May 2024
Retail sales increased 2.7% in Mar 2024 compared to Mar 2023. Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales increased 2.0%. Sales of food & beverage services rose 5.0% in Mar 2024 compared to Mar 2023.
Economy and Prices
03 May 2024
Singapore’s inward direct investment flows rose 10% on a year-on-year basis to reach $214 bil in 2023.
Industry
30 Apr 2024
16% of firms in the services sector are upbeat about the business conditions while 9% foresee deteriorating business conditions, resulting in a net weighted balance of 7% of firms expecting a more favourable business outlook for the period of Apr – Sep 2024.
Industry
30 Apr 2024
25% of firms in the manufacturing sector expect business conditions to improve while 3% foresee a weaker business outlook, resulting in a net weighted balance of 22% of firms anticipating a favourable business situation for the period of Apr – Sep 2024.
Economy and Prices
30 Apr 2024
Employment (excluding Migrant Domestic Workers) grew by 4,900 in 1Q 2024.