Singapore to release advance Q4 GDP data on Jan 3

Singapore will provide advance estimates of gross domestic product (GDP) for the fourth quarter and for 2016 at 8am on Jan 3, the Ministry of Trade and Industry said on Tuesday (Dec 27).

In the third quarter, Singapore's economy contracted 2.0 per cent from the previous quarter on an annualised and seasonally adjusted basis. Compared to a year earlier, GDP grew 1.1 per cent in the July-September quarter. REUTERS