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Recession 'technically' over but recovery to take time
Singapore's manufacturing uptick in May has spurred talk that it could soon be 'technically' out of recession. If the pace is sustained in June, the payoff should certainly show up in the Q2 manufacturing and overall GDP figures. But beyond industrial output, exports still do not convincingly spell recovery, even if they have lately shown better 'improvement' than output. Non-oil retained imports of intermediate goods suggests that demand in the months ahead remains weak. With no firm sign as yet of any rebound in the US economy, forecasts of any sustained export and GDP recovery here are probably ahead of time.
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1SGD 3 month SOR Fixing0.64%0.66%
2SGD 6 month SOR Fixing1.15%1.16%
32 Year US Treasury Yield0.98%1.04%
410 Year US Treasury Yield3.49%3.54%
530 Year US Treasury Yield4.31%4.33%
6EUR/USD1.39611.4136
7USD/YEN95.7696.45
8DJIA82808504
9WTI Crude OilUS$66.40US$69.59
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