Singapore’s economy grew 2.9% year on year in the second quarter of 2024, comparable to the revised growth rate of 3% in the previous quarter, going by advance estimates from the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) on July 12.
Visitors to Marina Bay of Singapore (Photo: AFP/VNA)
Singapore (VNA) ꧒– Singapore’s economy grew 2.9% year on year in the second quarter of 2024, comparable to the revised growth rate of 3% in the previous quarter, going by advance estimates from the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) on July 12.
On a seasonally adjusted, quarterly basis, the city-state's gross domestic product (GDP) rose 0.4%, up from the previous quarter’s revised 0.3% growth rate. Year-on-year growth beat economists’ expectations of 2.7%, while quarter-on-quarter growth was in line with their forecast.
That came after the first quarter growth was revised higher to 3% - the fastest pace since the 4.2% expansion in the third quarter of 2022.
The growth was supported by a rebound in the manufacturing sector to 0.5% expansion year on year after a 1.7% contraction in the first three months of the year.
Along with construction that grew 4.3%, the overall goods producing industry posted an expansion of 1.3% versus contraction of 0.7%.
The manufacturing sector's expansion in the second quarter was aided by output expansions across all its clusters, except for biomedical manufacturing and precision engineering.
On a quarter-on-quarter seasonally adjusted basis, manufacturing grew by 0.6%, rebounding from the 5.3% contraction in the first quarter.
The jump in manufacturing was powered by the electronic sector’s robust growth of 20.1% against a 1.1 contraction in April. The strongest performance within electronics was from the semiconductor segment that rebounded by 20.6% in May after shrinking 2.6% in April and 14.3% in March.
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