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Grim business outlook extends to year-end: surveys

Despite the end of the circuit breaker, sentiment picked up only slightly from three months ago

Annabeth Leow

Published Thu, Jul 30, 2020 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

SINGAPORE businesses face bumpy and uneven prospects in the next half-year, according to official quarterly surveys out on Thursday.

That was even as sentiment picked up slightly from three months ago, when non-essential businesses were shuttered during a two-month "circuit breaker" or semi-lockdown.

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Grim business outlook extends to year-end: surveys

Annabeth Leow

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Economy & Policy

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