Singapore: Singapore’s embattled economy could shrink by as much as 7% this year, which would be the worst reading since independence, with the government saying the coronavirus pandemic had throttled the key export sector.
The city-state is seen as a bellwether of the global economy and the historic contraction highlights the extreme pain being wrought on countries by the killer disease.
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