Pub date: 29 Feb 2012 Asia / Singapore Business Forecast Report
Core Views T he labour market remains tight in Singapore, with the unemployment rate dropping to 2.0% in Q311. Still, as Singapore’s economic growth looks set to stall over the coming quarters, we ... Read More
Pub date: 10 May 2012 Asia Regional Monitor
South East Asia Monitor Vol 2 each month provides country-by-country analyses, ratings and forecasts covering political risk, economic performance, key industries, finance and the business environment... Read More
Pub date: 18 May 2012 Global Regional Monitor
Emerging Markets Monitor provides weekly analyses, forecasts and ratings on fixed income, foreign exchange, commodities, bonds, equities and funds across global markets, all backed by Business Monito... Read More
Pub date: 13 Apr 2012 Asia / Singapore Autos Industry Report
Singapore's new vehicle registrations in 2011 fell 21% year-on-year (y-o-y) to 47,855 units. Sales were down in all vehicle categories except commercial vehicles, which BMI had forecast (see 'Commerc... Read More
Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Asia / Singapore Commercial Banking Industry Report
BMI View: Singaporean banks ended 2011 on a strong note, but we believe they will find it progressively harder going forward to grow profits. On the back of a cooling housing market and a tepid overa... Read More
Pub date: 13 Apr 2012 Asia / Singapore Consumer Electronics Industry Report
Singapore's consumer electronics devices market, defined as the addressable market for computing devices, mobile handsets and AV products, is projected to be worth around US$4.4bn in 2012. This is e... Read More
Pub date: 19 Apr 2012 Asia / Singapore Defence & Security Industry Report
Singapore took centre stage in the defence world as it held the biannual Singapore Air Show in February 2012. Now Asia's most important aerospace show, the event gave Singapore an opportunity both to... Read More
Pub date: 04 Apr 2012 Asia / Singapore Food & Drink Industry Report
Whereas a vigorous labour market and strong tourist arrival growth will provide some support for domestic demand, private consumption should still fall in 2012. However, we do not expect domestic de... Read More
Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Asia / Singapore Freight Transport Industry Report
Singapore is set to enter technical recession In H112 and register growth of just 2.6% in 2012, below consensus expectations of 3.6%. The country's overarching reliance on overseas demand and the dom... Read More
Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 Asia / Singapore Information Technology Industry Report
BMI View: Singaporean IT spending is expected to reach US$6.4bn in 2012, up 5%, with BMI downwardly revising its forecast as a slowing economy is expected to mean more moderate growth in IT spending... Read More
Pub date: 24 Feb 2012 Asia / Singapore Infrastructure Industry Report
BMI View: While construction activity in Singapore is on course to remain weak in 2011, we believe that a mild recovery in 2012 is in the works, with our forecasts showing real growth for the constru... Read More
Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 Asia / Singapore Insurance Industry Report
Key Insights And Key Risks In world terms, Singapore ranks as a medium-sized market for (re)insurance that, in spite of being well developed by most metrics, will likely to grow quite rapidly throug... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Asia / Singapore Oil & Gas Industry Report
BMI View: Petrochemicals and refining remain the lifeblood of Singapore, with strong regional demand growth meaning there is potential for capacity expansion - although investment in countries such a... Read More
Pub date: 28 Nov 2011 Asia / Singapore Petrochemicals Industry Report
Singapore is set to complete a wave of investments in basic chemicals in 2012 with only incremental increases in capacity over subsequent years due to debottlenecking, according to BMI’s latest Singa... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Asia / Singapore Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Industry Report
BMI View: Singapore is a well-developed pharmaceutical market, although overall sales only reached a modest SGD901mn (US$716mn) in 2011, on account of the small population of the city-state. Neverth... Read More
Pub date: 01 Jul 2011 Asia / Singapore Power Industry Report
The new Singapore Power Report from BMI forecasts that the country’s power consumption will rise from 41.2TWh in 2010 to 59.1TWh by the end of the forecast period, representing average annual growth ... Read More
Pub date: 11 May 2012 Asia / Singapore Real Estate Industry Report
The Singapore Real Estate report examines the Commercial Office, Retail and Industrial segments in the context of an increasingly volatile macroeconomic landscape, which is underscoring the increasin... Read More
Pub date: 11 May 2012 Asia / Singapore Retail Industry Report
Thanks to the robust retail sales outlook, increasing tourism arrivals and a strengthening Singaporean dollar, the domestic consumer sector is expected to weather the global economic slowdown relativ... Read More
Pub date: 28 Mar 2012 Asia / Singapore Shipping Industry Report
The story of Singapore's GDP growth over the last three years can be summarised as follows: very fast, fast, moderate. To some extent this has been reflected by the city-state's growth in demand for ... Read More
Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Asia / Singapore Telecommunications Industry Report
End-2011 results for Singapore's telecoms industry have been made been available by the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) as well as mobile operators Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel), StarH... Read More
Pub date: 27 Apr 2012 Asia / Singapore Tourism Industry Report
Another Strong Year In 2011, Singapore welcomed 13,171,303 tourists, an increase of 13.1% year on year (y-o-y). This was very much in line with BMI's expectations for the year. Tourism receipts for ... Read More
Pub date: 28 Mar 2008 Asia / Singapore Telecommunications Special Report
At a time when BMI’s telecoms analysts believes Asia’s mobile market to provide a mixed bag of results, with some markets having peaked while others offer exceptionally high growth rates, BMI presents... Read More
Pub date: 01 Nov 2011 Asia / Singapore Multinational Companies Country Directory
Multinational Companies in Singapore CD-ROM - Sample Company Profile Linde Material Handling Asia Pacific Pte Ltd 5 Loyang Way Sin... Read More