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Singapore economy enters recession

Singapore plunged into a technical recession as the economy shrank 41.2 percent in the second quarter compared to the previous quarter.
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Hanoi (VNA) - Singapore plunged into a technical recession as the economyshrank 41.2 percent in the second quarter compared to the previous quarter.

According to the Ministry of Trade and Industry’s preliminary data, the grossdomestic product (GDP) plummeted 12.6 percent, compared to the 10.5 percentforecast by economists.

The GDP slump marked the second consecutive quarter of contractions for Singapore.In the first quarter, the country posted a 3.3 percent decline.

A technical recession is defined as two consecutive quarters ofquarter-on-quarter contraction. In the first three months of the year.

This is the first time Singapore’s economy has entered a technical recession inmore than a decade.

The Singapore government expects full-year GDP in the range of -7 percent to -4percent, the biggest downturn in its history.

The government has pumped in nearly 100 billion SGD (72 billion USD) worth ofstimulus to blunt the impact of the pandemic./.
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