Public Holidays In 2025: How To Maximise Annual Leaves To Enjoy 10 Long Weekends
Here’s the guide to how you can stretch your time off with up to 10 long weekends in 2025.
HDB resale prices jumped 9.6% in 2024, almost double the 4.9% gain in 2023
The resale volume in the fourth quarter of 2024 was 6,314, a 3.6 per cent fall from the 6,547 cases recorded in the fourth quarter of 2023.
Gold heads for one of its biggest annual gains this century
For 2025, investors are focused on uncertainty around US monetary policy, potential frictions from Trump’s presidency and China’s efforts to revive growth.
Singapore economy grew by 4% in 2024, exceeding expectations: Lawrence Wong
In the past decade, median income in Singapore rose by 2.2 per cent per annum above inflation, said Mr Wong.
Economic trends to watch for Singapore in 2025
Inflationary pressures from higher tariffs will complicate the management of monetary policies for Asian central banks, including the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
China’s new forex rules require banks to tighten scrutiny on cryptocurrency trades
The new rules will make it “increasingly difficult in the future to evade the country’s forex regulations through crypto”, Liu said.
Year of the Snake offers active investment openings in Asia amid policy shifts
Asia is the world’s second most integrated trade region after the European Union, with nearly 57 per cent of its trade value originating within the region
Household electricity, gas tariffs to fall in Q1 on lower energy costs
This means the electricity tariff before GST will edge down to 28.12 cents per kWh from 29.10 cents.
Over 950,000 Singaporean households to get U-Save, S&CC rebates in January
Depending on their flat type, eligible households will receive up to $285 in U-Save for their utility bills.