http://www.singstat.gov.sg This service brings to you the latest statistical highlights of Singapore en-us Copyright 2007 Singapore Government Import and Export Price Indices in 2011 rose 4.8% and 2.3% respectively over 2010 due mainly to higher oil prices. In Dec 2011, Import and Export Price Indices fell 0.5% and 0.2% respectively compared to Nov 2011, due mainly to lower oil prices. Singapore Manufactured Products and Domestic Supply Price Indices in 2011 rose 5.3% and 8.4% respectively over 2010 due mainly to higher oil prices. Domestic Supply Price Index fell 0.8% in Dec 2011 over the previous month, due to lower oil prices. Singapore Manufactured Products Price Index remained unchanged in Dec 2011. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/prices.html#iepi The CPI for general households rose 5.2% in 2011. The corresponding inflation rates for the lowest 20%, middle 60% and top 20% income groups were 4.7 %, 5.1% and 5.7% respectively. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/cpi-jul-dec2011.pdf The CPI in 2011 increased 5.2% over 2010 due mainly to higher costs of housing, transport and food. The CPI in Dec 2011 remained unchanged when compared with Nov 2011 and rose 5.5% when compared with Dec 2010. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/cpidec2011.pdf Retail sales, on a seasonally-adjusted basis, decreased 0.6% in Nov 2011 compared to Oct 2011. Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales remained at a similar level. Seasonally-adjusted sales of food & beverage services decreased 0.3% in Nov 2011 compared to Oct 2011. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/mrsnov2011.pdf "Monthly Digest of Statistics, Dec 2011" released. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/reference/mdsdec11.pdf Advance estimates for 4Q2011 indicate that real GDP contracted by 4.9% on a seasonally-adjusted quarter-on-quarter annualised basis, following the 1.5% gain in 3Q2011. For the whole of 2011, the economy is estimated to have expanded by 4.8%. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/advgdp4q2011.pdf In 2010, the transport & storage services industry comprised about 9,580 establishments and employed about 166,600 workers. The industry recorded $84 billion in operating receipts, an increase of 16.2% compared to 2009. Operating surplus increased 25.9% to $15 billion in 2010. Total value added generated was $24 billion in 2010, a growth of 18.0% over 2009. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/stats/themes/economy/biz/trans.pdf In 2010, the food & beverage (F&B) services industry comprised about 6,200 establishments and employed a total of 91,300 workers. Total operating receipts of the industry amounted to $6,240 million in 2010, an increase of 10.6% compared to 2009. More information is available from the publication “Economic Survey Series 2010 – Food & Beverage Services”, which contains detailed survey findings and statistical tables on establishments engaged in the F&B services for reference year 2010. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/business.html#essfnb Advance GDP estimates for 4Q2011and the whole year of 2011 will be released on 3 Jan 2012, 8.00a.m. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/press27122011.pdf The CPI in Nov 2011 rose 0.6% over Oct 2011 due mainly to higher costs of private road transport, accommodation as well as “recreation & others”. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI was up by 0.5%. Compared with Nov 2010, the CPI increased 5.7% on account of higher costs of accommodation, private road transport and food. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI rose 4.4%. The MAS core inflation measure in Nov 2011 was 0.3% on a month-on-month basis, and 2.4% on a year-on-year basis. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/cpinov2011.pdf Retail sales, on a seasonally-adjusted basis, increased 6.1% in Oct 2011 compared to Sep 2011. Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales rose 4.0%. Seasonally-adjusted sales of food & beverage services remained at a similar level in Oct 2011 compared to the previous month. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/mrsoct2011.pdf "Monthly Digest of Statistics, Nov 2011" released. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/reference/mdsnov11.pdf Import and Export Price Indices rose 1.5% and 1.7% respectively in Oct 2011 compared to Sep 2011, due mainly to higher prices of oil and electronic products. Excluding oil, the Import and Export Price Indices increased 1.2% and 1.5% respectively. Singapore Manufactured Products and Domestic Supply Price Indices increased 2.5% and 1.7% respectively in Oct 2011 over the previous month, due to higher prices of oil and electronic products. Excluding oil, the Singapore Manufactured Products and Domestic Supply Price Indices rose 2.8% and 1.3% respectively. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/prices.html#iepi Business receipts of the services sector, excluding wholesale & retail trade and accommodation & food services, grew by 2.9% in 3Q2011 over the previous quarter (non-seasonally adjusted). http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/qbri3q2011.pdf The food & beverage services industry comprised about 6,200 establishments in 2010 and employed a total of 91,300 workers. The industry generated total operating receipts of $6,240 million in 2010, an increase of 10.6% compared to 2009. Operating surplus stood at $503 million in 2010. Value added of the food & beverage services industry rose by 11.2% to $2,207 million in 2010. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news.html#nop24112011 The CPI in Oct 2011 rose 0.4% over Sep 2011 due mainly to higher costs of accommodation, food as well as “recreation & others”. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI was up by 0.2%. Compared with Oct 2010, the CPI increased 5.4% on account of higher costs of accommodation, private road transport and food. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI rose 4.1%. The MAS core inflation measure in Oct 2011 was 0.3% on a month-on-month basis, and 2.3% on a year-on-year basis. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/cpioct2011.pdf In 2010, the health services industry comprised about 4,100 establishments, employing a total of 66,100 workers. The industry generated $8.9 billion of operating receipts and $4.9 billion of value added. More information is available from the publication “Economic Survey Series 2010 – Health Services”, which contains detailed survey findings and statistical tables on establishments in the health services industry for reference year 2010. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/business.html#esshealth Seasonally-adjusted domestic wholesale trade decreased 1.9% in 3Q2011 compared to 2Q2011. Excluding petroleum, overall domestic sales declined 3.5%. Seasonally-adjusted foreign wholesale trade rose 1.6% in 3Q2011 compared to 2Q2011. Excluding petroleum, the increase in foreign wholesale trade was 0.3%. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/wti3q2011.pdf The Singapore economy grew by 6.1% on a year-on-year basis in 3Q2011. Real GDP growth in 2011 is expected to be around 5.0%. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/gdp3q2011.pdf Retail sales, on a seasonally-adjusted basis, increased 0.3% in Sep 2011 compared to Aug 2011. Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales declined 0.3%. Seasonally-adjusted sales of food & beverage services rose 1.1% in Sep 2011 over the previous month. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/mrssep2011.pdf Results of the Economic Survey of Singapore, 3rd Qtr 2011 will be released on 21 Nov 2011, 8.00 a.m. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/press14112011.pdf An overall net weighted balance of 9% of firms in the services sector is less upbeat about business prospects for the period of Oct 2011 - Mar 2012 compared with Apr - Sep 2011. A weighted 16% of firms expects business to improve while a weighted 25% of firms foresees a less favourable business outlook. The majority of the firms (a weighted 59%) expect the business situation to remain unchanged for Oct 2011 - Mar 2012. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/bes4q2011.pdf The CPI in Sep 2011 fell 0.2% over Aug 2011 due mainly to lower costs of private road transport, clothing & footwear as well as “recreation & others”. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI was down by 0.3%. Compared with Sep 2010, the CPI increased 5.5% on account of higher costs of accommodation, private road transport and food. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI rose 4.2%. The MAS core inflation measure in Sep 2011 was 0% on a month-on-month basis, and 2.1% on a year-on-year basis. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/cpisep2011.pdf Retail sales, on a seasonally-adjusted basis, decreased 7.2% in Aug 2011 compared to Jul 2011. Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales declined 3.9%. Seasonally-adjusted sales of food & beverage services decreased 2.4% in Aug 2011 over the previous month. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/mrsaug2011.pdf Advance estimates for 3Q2011 indicate that real GDP grew by 1.3% on a seasonally-adjusted quarter-on-quarter annualised basis, after contracting by 6.3% in 2Q2011. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/advgdp3q2011.pdf Sep 2011 issue of Statistics Singapore Newsletter has been released. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/ssn/ssnsep2011.pdf Advance GDP estimates for 3Q2011 will be released on 14 Oct 2011, 8.00a.m. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/press07102011.pdf Population Trends 2011 provides a statistical analysis of Singapore’s changing population profile. It is the seventh edition of an annual series that puts together different aspects of demographic statistics in one volume. Singapore’s total population stood at 5.18 million as at end-June 2011. There were 3.79 million Singapore residents, comprising 3.26 million Singapore citizens and 0.53 million permanent residents, and 1.39 million non-resident foreigners. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news.html#nop28092011 In 2010, the health services industry comprised some 4,100 establishments, employing about 66,100 workers. Operating receipts amounted to $8.9 billion, 9.2 per cent higher than 2009. Operating surplus went up by 5.4 per cent to $1.0 billion. Total value added generated by the health services industry stood at $4.9 billion in 2010, an increase of 13.2 per cent over 2009. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/nop/nop28092011a.pdf The CPI in Aug 2011 rose 0.7% over Jul 2011 due mainly to higher costs of private road transport, accommodation, clothing & footwear and “recreation & others”. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI was up by 0.7%. Compared with Aug 2010, the CPI increased 5.7% on account of higher costs of accommodation, private road transport and food. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI rose 4.4%. The MAS core inflation measure in Aug 2011 was 0.4% on a month-on-month basis, and 2.2% on a year-on-year basis. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/cpiaug2011.pdf Retail sales, on a seasonally-adjusted basis, increased 2.1% in Jul 2011 compared to Jun 2011. Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales rose 1.3%. Seasonally-adjusted food & beverage sales went up 1.6% in Jul 2011 over the previous month. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/mrsjul2011.pdf Key findings and statistics on Singapore’s corporate sector for 2009 have been released. Total shareholders’ equity expanded by 18% to $1,292 billion, while total assets expanded to $4,450 billion by end 2009, 3.5% higher than a year ago. Return on total assets (ROA) increased from 4.5% in 2008 to 4.7% in 2009 while return on total equity (ROE) rose from 11% to 14% during the same period http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/nop/nop31082011.pdf Business receipts of the services sector, excluding wholesale & retail trade and accommodation & food services, remained at similar level in 2Q2011 compared to the previous quarter (non-seasonally adjusted). http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/qbri2q2011.pdf The CPI in Jul 2011 rose 1.5% over Jun 2011 as a result of higher costs of housing, transport, food and clothing & footwear. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI was up by 1.0%. Compared with Jul 2010, the CPI increased 5.4% on account of higher costs of housing, transport and food. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI rose 4.2%. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/cpijul2011.pdf Domestic wholesale trade, on a seasonally-adjusted basis, increased 2.1% in 2Q2011 compared to 1Q2011. Excluding petroleum, overall domestic sales declined 2.0%. Seasonally-adjusted foreign wholesale trade rose 1.1% in 2Q2011 compared to 1Q2011. Excluding petroleum, the increase in foreign wholesale trade was 1.6%. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/wti2q2011.pdf Retail sales, on a seasonally-adjusted basis, increased 1.6% in Jun 2011 compared to May 2011. Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales rose 0.6%. Seasonally-adjusted food & beverage sales went up 1.5% in Jun 2011 over the previous month. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/mrsjun2011.pdf The Singapore economy grew by 0.9% on a year-on-year basis in 2Q2011. Real GDP growth in 2011 is expected to be 5.0 to 6.0%. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/gdp2q2011.pdf Results of the Economic Survey of Singapore, 2nd Qtr 2011 will be released on 10 Aug 2011, 8.00 a.m. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/press03082011.pdf An overall net weighted balance of 19% of firms in the services sector is optimistic about the business prospects for the period of Jul - Dec 2011 compared with Jan - Jun 2011. This magnitude is slightly larger than the net weighted balance of 17% recorded for Apr - Sep 2011. However, it is smaller than the net weighted balance of 33% registered for Jul - Dec 2010. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/bes3q2011.pdf The CPI in Jun 11 fell 0.2% over May 11 due mainly to lower costs of housing and clothing & footwear. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI remained unchanged in Jun 11. Compared with Jun 10, the CPI increased 5.2% on account of higher costs of housing, transport and food. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI rose 4.0%. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/cpijun2011.pdf During the first half of 2011, the inflation rate for the lowest 20% income group was 3.9%, while the rates for the middle 60% and highest 20% income groups were 4.7% and 5.6% respectively. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/cpi-jan-jun2011.pdf Retail sales, on a seasonally-adjusted basis, decreased 0.4% in May 2011 compared to Apr 2011. Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales declined 0.8%. Seasonally-adjusted food & beverage sales increased 0.2% in May 2011 over the previous month. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/mrsmay2011.pdf Advance estimates for 2Q2011 indicate that real GDP fell by 7.8% on a seasonally-adjusted quarter-on-quarter annualised basis, compared to the 27.2% expansion in 1Q2011. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/advgdp2q2011.pdf "Yearbook of Statistics Singapore, 2011" is released. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/reference.html#yos The CPI in May 11 rose 0.6% over Apr 11. The higher cost of housing was moderated by the lower costs of transport, “recreation & others” and clothing & footwear. Housing cost increased due largely to higher service & conservancy charges (S&CC) as rebates for S&CC were given in April 2011 but not in May 2011. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI was down by 0.2%. Compared with May 10, the CPI increased 4.5% on account of higher costs of housing, transport and food. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI rose 3.3%. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/cpimay2011.pdf A total of 24,363 marriages were registered in 2010, which was 6.6% lower than the 26,081 marriages registered in 2009. The number of divorces and annulments increased from 7,386 in 2009 to 7,405 in 2010. Detailed information on marriage and divorce trends, as well as the characteristics of grooms, brides, and divorcees is available in the publication “Statistics on Marriages and Divorces, 2010”. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news.html#nop22062011 In 2009, the services sector (excluding financial & insurance services) comprised 131,300 establishments and employed a total of 1,283,400 workers. Operating receipts generated by the sector went down by 14.8% to $1,410 billion in 2009. More information are available from the publication “Economic Survey Series 2009 – The Services Sector”, which contains detailed survey findings and statistical tables on establishments in the services sector for reference year 2009. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/business.html#essvc Retail sales, on a seasonally-adjusted basis, increased 5.7% in Apr 2011 compared to Mar 2011. Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales rose 3.8%. Seasonally-adjusted food & beverage sales went up 0.6% in Apr 2011 over the previous month. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/mrsapr2011.pdf The Census of Population 2010 – Administrative Report has been released. This report provides a comprehensive record of the Census 2010 operations. It outlines the major milestones including formation of the planning committee, evaluation of the Census approach and data items, planning and preparations for the sample enumeration and implementation of IT application system. The report also documents the collection, processing and administrative activities as well as resources utilised to conduct Census 2010. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/nop/nop10062011.pdf The stock of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Singapore rose 8.6% from $508 billion as at end 2008 to $552 billion as at end 2009. The Netherlands ($62 billion), United States ($57 billion), Japan ($50 billion) and United Kingdom ($49 billion) were major sources of FDI in Singapore. More key findings and statistics on foreign equity investment in Singapore for 2009 are available from the publication, “Foreign Equity Investment in Singapore 2009”. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news.html#nop31052011 Import and Export Price Indices rose 0.3% and 0.7% respectively in Apr 2011 compared to Mar 2011, due mainly to higher oil prices. Excluding oil, the Import and Export Price Indices fell 0.9% and 0.4% respectively. The Singapore Manufactured Products and Domestic Supply Price Indices increased 1.3% and 0.9% respectively in Apr 2011 over the previous month as a result of higher oil prices. Excluding oil, the Singapore Manufactured Products and Domestic Supply Price Indices declined 0.2% and 0.8% respectively. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/prices.html#iepi Business receipts of the Services Sector, excluding wholesale & retail trade and accommodation & food services remained at similar level in 1Q2011 over 4Q2010 (non-seasonally adjusted). http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/qbri1q2011.pdf The CPI in Apr 2011 rose 0.3% over Mar 2011 due mainly to higher costs of transport, “recreation & others” and food. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI was up by 0.9%. Compared with Apr 2010, the CPI increased 4.5% on account of higher costs of transport, housing and food. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI rose 4.2%. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/cpiapr2011.pdf Domestic wholesale trade, on a seasonally-adjusted basis, increased 10.3% in 1Q2011 compared to 4Q2010. Excluding petroleum, overall domestic sales rose 7.9%. Seasonally-adjusted foreign wholesale trade rose 8.2% in 1Q2011 compared to 4Q2010, with higher revenue recorded in most wholesale sectors. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/wti1q2011.pdf The Singapore economy grew by 8.3% on a year-on-year basis in 1Q2011. Real GDP growth in 2011 is expected to be 5.0 to 7.0%. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/gdp1q2011.pdf "Singapore in Figures 2011" released. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/reference/sif2011.pdf Retail sales, on a seasonally-adjusted basis, increased 4.7% in Mar 2011 compared to Feb 2011. Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales decreased 1.3%. Seasonally-adjusted food & beverage sales rose 2.7% in Mar 2011 over the previous month. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/mrsmar2011.pdf Singapore’s life expectancy at birth increased from 81 years in 2009 to 82 years in 2010. Life expectancy at birth was 79 years for males and 84 years for females in 2010. Key trends in life expectancies for the Singapore resident population for 2010 are available from the statistical note "Complete Life Tables 2006-2010 for Singapore Resident Population". http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/popn/lifetable06-10.pdf Results of the Economic Survey of Singapore, 1st Qtr 2011 will be released on 19 May 2011, 8.00 a.m. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/press12052011.pdf Import and Export Price Indices rose 1.3% and 1.4% respectively in Mar 2011 compared to Feb 2011, due mainly to higher oil prices. Excluding oil, the Import and Export Price Indices fell 0.2% and 0.7% respectively. The Singapore Manufactured Products and Domestic Supply Price Indices both increased 2.5% in Mar 2011 over the previous month as a result of higher oil prices. Excluding oil, the Singapore Manufactured Products Price Index and Domestic Supply Price Index rose 0.3% and 0.2% respectively. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/prices.html#iepi On a whole, a net weighted balance of 17% of firms in the services sector anticipates better business prospects for the period of Apr 2011 - Sep 2011 compared with Oct 2010 - Mar 2011. This magnitude is slightly smaller than the net weighted balance of 19% recorded for Jan 2011 - Jun 2011. It is also smaller than the net weighted balance of 36% registered for Apr 2010 – Sep 2010. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/bes2q2011.pdf As at end 2009, the stock of Singapore’s direct investment abroad rose 13.2% to $359 billion. China ($58 billion), United Kingdom ($42 billion), British Virgin Islands (34 billion) and Malaysia ($29 billion) were major destinations of Singapore’s direct investment. More key findings and statistics on Singapore’s overseas investment for 2009 are available from the publication, “Singapore’s Investment Abroad 2009”. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news.html#nop27042011 In 2009, the wholesale trade industry comprised about 33,600 establishments, employing a total of 252,400 workers. The industry generated $1,155 billion of operating receipts and $43 billion of value added. More information are available from the publication “Economic Survey Series 2009 – Wholesale Trade”, which contains detailed survey findings and statistical tables on establishments in the wholesale trade industry for reference year 2009. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/business.html#esswt The CPI in Mar 2011 rose 0.1% over Feb 2011. The higher costs of housing, clothing & footwear and “recreation & others” were moderated by lower cost of transport. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI remained unchanged in Mar 2011. Compared with Mar 2010, the CPI increased 5.0% on account of higher costs of transport, housing and food. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI rose 4.2%. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/cpimar2011.pdf Retail sales, on a seasonally-adjusted basis, decreased 3.6% in Feb 2011 compared to Jan 2011. Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales remained at similar level. Seasonally-adjusted food & beverage sales declined 5.2% in Feb 2011 over the previous month. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/mrsfeb2011.pdf Advance estimates for 1Q2011 indicates that real GDP grew by 23.5% on a seasonally-adjusted quarter-on-quarter annualised basis. This is a strong improvement from the 3.9% growth in 4Q2010. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/advgdp1q2011.pdf Advance GDP estimates for 1Q2011 will be released on 14 Apr 2011, 8.00a.m. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/press07042011.pdf The publication on “Retail Trade” contains detailed survey findings and statistical tables on establishments engaged in the retail trade industry for reference year 2009. The retail trade industry comprised some 19,100 establishments in 2009, employing a total of 114,900 workers. The industry generated total operating receipts and value added of $38.2 billion and $4.9 billion respectively in 2009. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/business.html#essrt In 2009, the services sector (excluding financial & insurance services) comprised 131,100 establishments and employed a total of 1,285,200 workers. Operating receipts generated by the sector went down by 14.6% to $1,409.8 billion in 2009. Total operating expenditure incurred amounted to $1,366.5 billion, 14.8% lower than previous year. Operating surplus fell 1.1% to $65.3 billion in 2009. Total value added decreased 0.2% to $128.2 billion in 2009. The results were based on the Annual Survey of Services 2009 which covered all establishments and statutory boards engaged in services activities, excluding those engaged in financial & insurance activities, government ministries and departments, foreign missions, taxi drivers, independent artistes and other individual self-employed persons. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news.html#nop31032011 In 2009, the wholesale trade industry comprised about 33,600 establishments, employing a total of 252,400 workers. Operating receipts stood at $1,154.9 billion, 16.7% lower than the previous year. The wholesale trade industry generated $27.0 billion of total operating surplus and $42.8 billion of value added in 2009. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news.html#nop28032011 The publication on “Information and Communications Services” contains detailed survey findings and statistical tables on establishments engaged in information and communications services for reference year 2009. The Information and Communications services industry comprised some 6,100 establishments and employed 74,800 workers. Operating receipts grew by 5.2% to $32.5 billion in 2009. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/business.html#essit The CPI in Feb 2011 fell 0.1% over Jan 2011 due mainly to lower cost of transport. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI was down by 0.3%. Compared with Feb 2010, the CPI increased 5.0% on account of higher costs of transport, housing and food. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI rose 4.5%. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/cpifeb2011.pdf Singapore conducted the Population Census 2010 last year. A tri-modal approach, comprising the Internet submission, telephone and face-to-face interviews, was used in the collection of the information. This article presents the take up rates for the various submission modes, compares the changes since the last Census and discusses the profile of households responding through the different modes. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/papers/people/ssnmar11-pg1-7.pdf Mar 2011 issue of Statistics Singapore Newsletter has been released. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/ssn/ssnmar2011.pdf Retail sales, on a seasonally-adjusted basis, decreased 2.9% in Jan 2011 compared to Dec 2010. Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales went up 1.6%. Seasonally-adjusted food & beverage sales rose 5.2% in Jan 2011 over the previous month. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/mrsjan2011.pdf An information paper is released on “Re-basing of the Retail Sales and Food & Beverage Services Indices (2010 = 100)”. The paper reports the re-basing of the Retail Sales and Food & Beverage Services Indices to reference year 2010. Details on the data sources, methodology adopted, the formula used for index computation and a comparison of the re-based series and old series are presented. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/papers/economy/ip-b22.pdf In 2009, the retail trade industry comprised some 19,100 establishments, employing a total of 114,900 workers. Operating receipts stood at $38.2 billion, 5.9% lower than the previous year. Total value added generated by the retail trade industry amounted to $4.9 billion in 2009, a decline of 1.9% over 2008. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news.html#nop09032011 Business receipts of the services sector, excluding wholesale & retail trade and hotels & restaurants, rose 5.2% in 4Q2010 over 3Q2010 (non-seasonally adjusted). http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/qbri4q2010.pdf Singapore’s services exports stood at $136.0 billion for the year, down 3.2% following the 9.6% growth in 2008. Total services imports contracted by 6.7% to $115.4 billion, reversing from an increase of 10.0% in the previous year. Transportation, trade-related, travel and business management services formed the bulk of cross-border transactions in services in 2009. Singapore’s top trading partners included the European Union (EU), the United States (US), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Japan, China and Australia. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news.html#nop25022011 The Census of Population 2010 “Statistical Release 3 – Geographic Distribution and Transport”, last of a series of statistical publications on detailed census results, has been released. Key findings from this release showed that between 2000 and 2010, the proportion of resident working persons who commuted to work by MRT increased. Those who used the public bus as the only mode of transport to work declined over the same period. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/24022011.pdf The CPI in Jan 2011 rose 1.6% over Dec 2010 due mainly to higher costs of transport, housing and food. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI was up by 1.3%. Compared with Jan 2010, the CPI increased 5.5% on account of higher costs of transport, housing and food. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI rose 5.3%. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/cpijan2011.pdf "Singapore in Brief, 2011" released. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/catalogue.html#sib Domestic wholesale trade, on a seasonally-adjusted basis, increased 7.2% in 4Q2010 compared to 3Q2010. The growth was largely attributed to higher sales in petroleum & petroleum products and chemicals & chemical products. Seasonally-adjusted foreign wholesale trade rose 6.6% in 4Q2010 compared to 3Q2010. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/wti4q2010.pdf The Singapore economy expanded by 12.0% on a year-on-year basis in 4Q2010. Real GDP growth in 2011 is expected to be 4.0% to 6.0%. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/gdp4q2010.pdf Retail sales, on a seasonally-adjusted basis, increased 2.7% in Dec 2010 compared to Nov 2010. Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales went up 2.2%. Seasonally-adjusted catering trade rose 0.6% in Dec 2010 over the previous month. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/mrsdec2010.pdf The Census of Population 2010 “Statistical Release 2 – Households and Housing”, second of a series of statistical publications on detailed census results, has been released. Key findings from this release showed that between 2000 and 2010, there was a decline in average household size and a rise in the proportion of resident households with elderly members aged 65 years and over. The proportion of resident households staying in bigger housing types increased between 2000 and 2010. There were more married couples with both husband and wife working in 2010 compared to 2000. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/press15022011.pdf A paper on “Key Household Income Trends, 2010” has been released. This paper highlights the key trends in household income from work in 2010 and the impact of the various government schemes on household income in 2010. The paper shows that household income from work increased in 2010, in tandem with strong economic growth in 2010. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/papers/people/pp-s17.pdf Results of the Annual Economic Survey of Singapore, 2010 will be released on 17 Feb 2011, 8.00a.m. www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/press10022011.pdf In 2009, the Information and Communications services industry comprised some 6,100 establishments and employed 74,800 workers. Operating receipts grew by 5.2% to $32.5 billion and operating surplus increased by 12.4% to $4.9 billion. Total value added grew by 9.2% from $9.6 billion in 2008 to $10.5 billion in 2009. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news.html#nop01022011 On the whole, a net weighted balance of 19% of firms in the services sector anticipates favourable business prospects for the first half of 2011. This magnitude is smaller than the net weighted balance of 24% registered in the same period of the previous year and the net weighted balance of 27% recorded for Oct 2010 - Mar 2011. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/bes1q2011.pdf In 2010, the inflation rates for households in the lowest 20%, middle 60% and top 20% income groups were 2.4 %, 2.7% and 3.1% respectively. Main items contributing to higher CPIs for all income groups in 2010 were cars, food, electricity tariffs and petrol. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/cpi-jul-dec2010.pdf The CPI in 2010 increased 2.8% over 2009 due mainly to higher costs of transport, housing and food. The CPI in Dec 2010 rose 0.2% when compared with Nov 2010 and 4.6% when compared with Dec 2009. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/cpidec2010.pdf The publication on “Transport & Storage Services” contains detailed survey findings and statistical tables on establishments engaged in the transport and storage services for reference year 2009. In 2009, the transport & storage services industry comprised some 9,100 establishments and employed about 159,500 workers. The industry collected $70.9 billion in operating receipts, 16.2% lower compared with 2008. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/business.html#essts Retail sales, on a seasonally-adjusted basis, increased 0.6% in Nov 2010 compared to Oct 2010. Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales went up 0.5%. Seasonally-adjusted catering trade declined 0.4% in Nov 2010 over the previous month. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/mrsnov2010.pdf The Census of Population 2010 “Statistical Release 1 - Demographic Characteristics, Education, Language and Religion”, first of a series of statistical publications on detailed census results, is released. Key findings from this release showed that between 2000 and 2010, the proportion of singles among younger age groups had risen and there were fewer children after marriage. The education profile of the resident population improved significantly between 2000 and 2010. Literacy in two or more languages rose and the usage of English as home language became more prevalent in 2010 compared to 2000. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/press12012011.pdf Advance estimates for 4Q2010 indicates that real GDP grew by 6.9% on a seasonally-adjusted quarter-on-quarter annualised basis. For the whole of 2010, the economy is estimated to have expanded by 14.7%. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/advgdp4q2010.pdf In 2009, the transport & storage services industry comprised some 9,100 establishments and employed about 159,500 workers. The industry collected $70.9 billion in operating receipts, 16.2% lower compared with 2008. Operating surplus decreased by 30.5% to $11.0 billion in 2009. Total value added generated was $19.5 billion in 2009, a decline of 20.0% over 2008. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news.html#nop30122010 Advance GDP estimates for 4Q2010 and the whole year of 2010 will be released on 3 Jan 2011, 8.00a.m. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/press27122010.pdf The CPI in Nov 10 rose 0.3% over Oct 10 due mainly to higher costs of housing, transport as well as “recreation & others”. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI was up by 0.2%. Compared with Nov 09, the CPI increased 3.8% on account of higher costs of transport, housing and food. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI rose 3.7%. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/cpinov2010.pdf Retail sales, on a seasonally-adjusted basis, increased 0.9% in Oct 2010 compared to Sep 2010. Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales remained at similar level. Seasonally-adjusted catering trade increased 1.7% in Oct 2010 over the previous month. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/mrsoct2010.pdf The publication on “Food & Beverage Services” contains detailed survey findings and statistical tables on establishments engaged in the F&B services for reference year 2009. The food & beverage services industry comprised about 6,000 establishments in 2009 and employed a total of 86,800 workers. The industry generated total operating receipts and value added of $5,609 million and $1,934 million respectively in 2009. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/business.html#essfnb The food & beverage services industry comprised about 6,000 establishments in 2009 and employed a total of 86,800 workers. The industry generated total operating receipts of $5,609 million in 2009, an increase of 0.7% compared to 2008. Operating surplus stood at $413 million in 2009. Value added of the food & beverage services industry rose by 0.2% to $1,934 million in 2009. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news.html#nop29112010 Overall business receipts of the Services Sector, excluding wholesale & retail trade, hotels and restaurants, rose 1.9% in 3Q2010 over 2Q2010 (non-seasonally adjusted). http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/qbri3q2010.pdf The publication on “Health Services” contains detailed survey findings and statistical tables on establishments engaged in the health services for reference year 2009. The health services industry comprised some 4,100 establishments in 2009, employing a total of 60,800 workers. Operating receipts was $8,197 million, 8.3% higher than the previous year. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/business.html#esshealth The CPI in Oct 10 rose 0.5% over Sep 10 due mainly to higher costs of housing, transport as well as “recreation & others”. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI was up by 0.3%. Compared with Oct 09, the CPI increased 3.5% on account of higher costs of transport, housing, food and “recreation & others”. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI rose 3.5%. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/cpioct2010.pdf Domestic wholesale trade, on a seasonally-adjusted basis, declined 10.6% in 3Q2010 compared to 2Q2010, attributable to lower sales in the petroleum & petroleum products and chemicals & chemical products sectors. Seasonally-adjusted foreign wholesale trade decreased 3.6% in 3Q2010 compared to 2Q2010, mainly due to lower revenue in the petroleum & petroleum products sector. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/wti3q2010.pdf Singapore economy grew by 10.6% on a year-on-year basis in 3Q2010. Real GDP growth is expected to grow by 15% in 2010 and by 4.0-6.0% in 2011. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/gdp3q2010.pdf Retail sales, on a seasonally adjusted basis, decreased 2.4% in Sep 2010 compared to Aug 2010. Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales rose 0.7%. Seasonally-adjusted catering trade increased 3.0% in Sep 2010 over the previous month. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/mrssep2010.pdf Results of the Economic Survey of Singapore, 3rd Qtr 2010 will be released on 18 Nov 2010, 8.00 a.m. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/press11112010.pdf On the whole, a net weighted balance of 27% of firms in the services sector is optimistic about the business situation for the period of Oct 2010 - Mar 2011. The magnitude is smaller than the net weighted balance of 33% recorded for the second half of 2010 but larger than the net weighted balance of 17% registered for Oct 2009 - Mar 2010. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/bes4q2010.pdf In 2009, the health services industry comprised some 4,100 establishments, employing about 60,800 workers. Operating receipts amounted to $8,197 million, 8.3% higher than 2008. Operating surplus went up by 7.1% to $995 million. Total value added generated by the health services industry stood at $4,371 million in 2009, an increase of 7.3% over 2008. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/nop/nop27102010.pdf The CPI in Sep 10 edged up by 0.1% over Aug 10 due mainly to higher costs of housing, food as well as “recreation & others”. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI was down by 0.1%. Compared with Sep 09, the CPI increased by 3.7% on account of higher costs of transport, housing and food. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI rose by 3.8%. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/cpisep2010.pdf Retail sales, on a seasonally adjusted basis, increased 2.2% in Aug 2010 compared to Jul 2010. Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales remained at similar level as Jul 2010. Seasonally-adjusted catering trade decreased 1.9% in Aug 2010 over the previous month. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/mrsaug2010.pdf Advance GDP estimates of the Singapore Economy 3Q2010 has been released. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/advgdp3q2010.pdf Advance GDP estimates for 3Q2010 will be released on 14 Oct 2010, 8.00a.m. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/press07102010.pdf Sep 2010 issue of Statistics Singapore Newsletter has been released. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/ssn/ssnsep2010.pdf Population Trends 2010 provides a statistical analysis of Singapore’s changing population profile. It is the sixth edition of an annual series that puts together different aspects of demographic statistics in one volume. The number of resident households in Singapore was 1.12 million in 2009, with an average household size of 3.5 persons. 2-3 person households and 1-person households constituted 41% and 10% of all households respectively. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news.html#nop30092010 The Unit Business Cost Index for the manufacturing sector has been rebased to reference year 2005 using Singapore’s 2005 benchmark input-output tables to better reflect changing cost structures. The updated cost structure shows a fall in the relative share of labour cost and an increase in the relative share of services cost from 2000 to 2005. This can be attributed to the shift towards higher value-added and less labour intensive industries, and manufacturing firms outsourcing their non-manufacturing labour intensive activities. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/papers/economy/ip-e38.pdf The CPI in Aug 10 rose by 0.5% over Jul 10 due mainly to higher costs of transport, clothing & footwear as well as housing. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI was up by 0.5%. Compared with Aug 09, the CPI increased by 3.3% on account of higher costs of transport, housing and food. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI rose by 3.7%. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/cpiaug2010.pdf Retail sales, on a seasonally adjusted basis, increased 3.2% in Jul 2010 compared to Jun 2010. Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales rose 1.3%. Seasonally-adjusted catering trade increased 0.4% in Jul 2010 over the previous month. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/mrsjul2010.pdf “Advance Census Release” is the first release of data from the Census of Population 2010, presenting key demographic trends and broad geographic profile of the Singapore population as at end-Jun 2010. Singapore’s total population was 5.08 million as at end-Jun 2010. There were 3.77 million residents, of which 3.23 million were Singapore citizens and 0.54 million were permanent residents. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/press31082010.pdf Key findings and statistics on Singapore’s corporate sector for 2008 have been released. Total shareholders’ equity contracted by 1.1% to $1,063.0 billion while total assets expanded to $4,249.5 billion by end 2008, 3.5% higher than a year ago. The corporate sector reported a decline in the rate of return on total assets (ROA) to 4.5% while return on equity (ROE) fell to 11.3% in 2008. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/nop/nop30082010.pdf Business receipts of the services sector, excluding wholesale & retail trade, hotels and restaurants, grew 1.4% in 2Q2010, in comparison to 1Q2010 (non-seasonally adjusted). http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/qbri2q2010.pdf The CPI in Jul 10 rose 1.3% over Jun 10 due mainly to higher costs of housing, transport as well as clothing & footwear. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI was up by 0.8%. Compared with Jul 09, the CPI increased 3.1% on account of higher costs of transport, housing and food. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI rose 3.8%. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/cpijul2010.pdf Domestic wholesale trade, on a seasonally-adjusted basis, declined 1.4% in 2Q2010 compared to 1Q2010. The decrease was largely attributed to lower revenue in the chemicals & chemical products and industrial & construction machinery sectors. Seasonally-adjusted foreign wholesale trade increased 3.1% in 2Q2010 compared to the previous quarter, with higher sales in most of the wholesale sectors. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/wti2q2010.pdf Retail sales, on a seasonally adjusted basis, declined 0.7% in Jun 2010 compared to May 2010. Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales fell 1.0%. Seasonally-adjusted catering trade decreased 1.9% in Jun 2010 over the previous month. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/mrsjun2010.pdf Singapore economy expanded by 18.8% on a year-on-year basis in 2Q2010 and 24% on quarter-on-quarter seasonally adjusted annualised basis. Real GDP growth for 2010 is maintained at 13 to 15%. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/gdp2q2010.pdf "Monthly Digest of Statistics, Jul 2010" released. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/reference/mdsjul10.pdf Results of the Economic Survey of Singapore, 2nd Qtr 2010 will be released on 10 Aug 2010, 8.00 a.m. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/press03082010.pdf Firms in the services sector are upbeat about business conditions for the next six months, compared to the first half of 2010. Overall, a net weighted balance of 33% of firms project a positive business outlook. This magnitude is smaller than the net weighted balance of 36% registered for Apr-Sep 2010 in last quarter's survey. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/bes3q2010.pdf Inflation rate (2009-based CPI) for the lowest 20% income group in the first half of 2010 was 1.6%. The rates for the middle 60% and highest 20% income groups were 1.9% and 2.1% respectively. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/cpi-jan-jun2010.pdf The CPI in Jun 2010 fell 1.0% over May 2010 due mainly to lower costs of transport, housing as well as clothing & footwear. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI was down by 0.7%. Compared with Jun 2009, the CPI increased by 2.7% on account of higher costs of transport, housing and food. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI rose 3.5%. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/cpijun2010.pdf "Yearbook of Statistics Singapore, 2010" is released. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/reference.html#yos Retail sales, on a seasonally adjusted basis, declined by 0.9% in May 2010 compared to Apr 2010. Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales fell slightly by 0.1%. Seasonally adjusted catering trade rose by 0.5% in May 2010 over the previous month. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/mrsmay2010.pdf Advance GDP estimates of the Singapore Economy 2Q2010 has been released. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/advgdp2q2010.pdf Advance GDP estimates for 2Q2010 will be released on 14 Jul 2010, 8.00a.m. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/press07072010.pdf "Singapore in Figures 2010" released. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/reference/sif2010.pdf The CPI in May 10 rose by 0.6% over Apr 10 due mainly to higher costs of transport and housing. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI was up by 0.6%. Compared to May 09, the CPI was higher by 3.2% on account of higher costs of transport, housing and food. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI was up by 4.3%. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/cpimay2010.pdf “Statistics on Marriages and Divorces 2009” is now available. The report analyzes marriage trends and characteristics of grooms and brides, and highlights the nature of divorces and characteristics of divorcees. The number of marriages increased from 24,596 in 2008 to 26,081 in 2009. The number of divorces and annulments also rose from 7,216 in 2008 to 7,386 in 2009. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news.html#nop16062010 Retail sales, on a seasonally-adjusted basis, declined by 2.2% in Apr 2010 compared to Mar 2010. Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales grew by 1.5%. Seasonally-adjusted catering trade increased by 3.5% in Apr 2010 over the previous month. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/mrsapr2010.pdf The Singapore Department of Statistics has released the 2005 benchmark input-output (I-O) tables. The full set of tables, together with details on data sources, methodology, structure and applications of I-O tables, can be found in the publication Singapore Input-Output Tables 2005. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/economy/IO2005 Tables.pdf Overall business receipts of the Services Sector in 1Q2010, excluding wholesale & retail trade, hotels and restaurants, rose by 0.1% from 4Q2009 (non-seasonally adjusted). http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/qbri1q2010.pdf The CPI in Apr 2010 rose by 0.9% over Mar 2010 due mainly to higher costs of transport, housing and “recreation & others”. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI went up by 0.9%. Compared with Apr 2009, the CPI in Apr 2010 was higher by 3.2% on account of higher costs of transport, housing and food. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI increased by 3.9%. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/cpiapr2010.pdf Domestic wholesale trade, on a seasonally adjusted basis, grew by 1.8% in 1Q2010 compared to 4Q2009. The increase was largely attributed to growths in industrial & construction machinery, general wholesale trade and chemicals & chemical products sectors. Seasonally adjusted foreign wholesale trade increased by 9.8% in 1Q2010, with higher sales in most of the wholesale sectors. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/wti1q2010.pdf The Singapore Department of Statistics has completed the rebasing of Singapore’s national accounts to reference year 2005. The rebased GDP series will be adopted as the basis for reporting GDP growth rates with effect from the Economic Survey of Singapore for 1st Quarter 2010. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/papers/economy/ip-e37.pdf Singapore economy grew by 15.5% on a year-on-year basis in 1Q2010 and 38.6% on quarter-on-quarter seasonally annualised basis. Real GDP growth for 2010 is expected to remain at 7.0 to 9.0%. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/gdp1q2010.pdf Retail sales, on a seasonally adjusted basis, declined by 1.4% in Mar 2010 compared to Feb 2010. Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales fell slightly by 0.3%. Seasonally adjusted catering trade decreased by 1.7% in Mar 2010 over the previous month. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/mrsmar2010.pdf Results of the Economic Survey of Singapore, 1st Qtr 2010 will be released on 20 May 2010, 8.00 a.m. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/press13052010.pdf The statistical note "Complete Life Tables 2006-2009 for Singapore Resident Population" presents the key trends in life expectancies for the Singapore resident population for 2009 based on the complete life table. Singapore’s life expectancy at birth increased from 80.9 years in 2008 to 81.4 years in 2009. Life expectancy at birth was 79.0 years for men and 83.7 years for women in 2009. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/popn/lifetable06-09.pdf Survey findings on the services sector for reference year 2008 are now available. The services sector, excluding government ministries and departments as well as banks and finance, securities and insurance companies, comprised 148,600 establishments, employing a total of 1.3 million workers. The sector’s operating receipts went up 11.1 % from a year ago to $1,705.2 billion. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/business.html#esssvc Business sentiments in the services sector have improved for the period Apr 2010 – Sep 2010. A net weighted balance of 36% of firms expect business conditions to improve, as compared with Oct 2009 – Mar 2010. This magnitude is larger than the positive net weighted balance of 24% registered for Jan 2010 – Jun 2010. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/bes2q2010.pdf Import and Export Price Indices rose by 0.2% and 0.1% respectively in Mar 2010 over the previous month, due mainly to higher oil prices. Excluding oil, both price indices fell by 0.4% and 0.5% respectively in Mar 2010. The Singapore Manufactured Products and Domestic Supply Price Indices increased by 0.6% and 0.7% respectively in Mar 2010 over Feb 2010 as a result of higher oil prices. Excluding oil, both price indices fell by 0.8% and 0.2% respectively in Mar 2010. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/prices.html#iepi Key findings and statistics on Singapore’s foreign equity investment for 2008 has been released. Singapore’s stock of foreign direct investment (FDI) rose 1.0% from $465.5 billion as at end 2007 to $470.3 billion as at end 2008. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news.html#nop29042010a Key findings and statistics on Singapore’s overseas investment for 2008 has been released. The stock of Singapore’s direct investment abroad stood at $298.1 billion as at end 2008, lower than $314.5 billion recorded as at end 2007. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news.html#nop29042010 The CPI in Mar 10 rose by 0.1% over Feb 10 due mainly to higher costs of transport and clothing & footwear. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI went up by 0.3%. Compared with Mar 09, the CPI in Mar 10 was higher by 1.6% on account of higher costs of transport, food and education & stationery. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI increased by 2.3%. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/cpimar2010.pdf The publication on “Wholesale Trade” contains detailed survey findings and statistical tables on establishments engaged in the wholesale trade for reference year 2008. The industry comprised about 35,500 establishments and employed a total of 260,600 workers. Total operating receipts of the wholesale trade industry increased by 12.3% to $1,379.4 billion in 2008. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/business.html#esswt Retail sales, on a seasonally adjusted basis, declined by 5.5% in Feb 2010 compared to Jan 2010. Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales decreased slightly by 0.5%. The seasonally adjusted catering trade increased by 0.6% in Feb 2010 over the previous month. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/mrsfeb2010.pdf Advance GDP estimates of the Singapore Economy 1Q2010 has been released. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/advgdp1q2010.pdf "Monthly Digest of Statistics, Mar 2010" released. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/reference/mdsmar10.pdf Mar 2010 issue of Statistics Singapore Newsletter has been released. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/ssn/ssnmar2010.pdf Singapore’s portfolio investment assets stood at $442 billion, a 16% decline from $524 billion as at end-2007 on the back of reduced resident holdings of foreign debt securities and equities in 2008. Portfolio investment liabilities to non-residents also halved from $246 billion in the preceding year to $125 billion, largely attributed to a decrease in stock of equity investment. The UK and US were concurrently the top destinations for Singapore’s overseas portfolio investment as well as the main sources of investment in domestic securities. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/papers/economy/ssnmar10-pg5-11.pdf In 2008, the services sector comprised 148,600 establishments, employing a total of 1,282,700 workers. The sector generated $1,705.2 billion in operating receipts, an increase of 11.1% over 2007. Total operating expenditure incurred increased by 12.4% to $1,617.4 billion. Operating surplus decreased by 6.5% to $107.2 billion in 2008. Total value added grew by 0.6% to $135.2 billion in 2008. The results were based on the Annual Survey of Services 2008 which covered all establishments and statutory boards engaged in services activities but excluded government ministries and departments, foreign missions, taxi drivers, independent artistes and other individual self-employed persons. Financial institutions such as banks and finance, securities and insurance companies were also not covered. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news.html#nop31032010 In 2008, the wholesale trade industry comprised about 35,500 establishments and employed a total of 260,600 workers. Operating receipts amounted to $1,379.4 billion, representing an increase of 12.3% over 2007. The wholesale trade industry generated the total operating surplus and value added of $23.1 billion and $39.1 billion respectively in 2008. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news.html#nop30032010 The publication on “Information and Communications Services” contains detailed survey findings and statistical tables on establishments engaged in information and communications services for reference year 2008. The Information and Communications services industry comprised some 6,800 establishments and employed 73,900 workers. Operating receipts grew by 6.7% to $31.0 billion in 2008. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/business.html#essit The Import Price Index fell by 0.3% in Feb 2010 over the previous month due mainly to lower oil prices. The Export Price Index went up by 0.8% as a result of more expensive chemicals and electronic products. Excluding oil, the Import and Export Price Indices rose by 0.3% and 1.3% respectively in Feb 2010. The Singapore Manufactured Products and Domestic Supply Price Indices fell by 0.3% and 0.2% respectively in Feb 2010 over January 2010 due mainly to lower oil prices. Excluding oil, both the Price Indices rose by 0.4% and 0.7% respectively in Feb 2010. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/prices.html#iepi The CPI for Feb 2010 rose by 0.4% over Jan 2010 due mainly to higher costs of food, communication and “recreation & others”. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI went up by 0.5%. Compared with Feb 2009, the CPI in Feb 2010 was higher by 1.0% on account of higher costs of transport, food and education & stationery. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI increased by 1.9%. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/cpifeb2010.pdf The publication on “Retail Trade” contains detailed survey findings and statistical tables on establishments engaged in the retail trade for reference year 2008. The retail trade industry comprised about 20,300 establishments in 2008 and employed a total of 115,500 workers. The industry generated total operating receipts of $40.7 billion in 2008, an increase of 4.0% compared to 2007. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/business.html#essrt Retail sales, on a seasonally adjusted basis, increased by 5.8% in Jan 2010 compared to Dec 2009. Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales went up by 4.6%. The seasonally adjusted catering trade increased by 0.7% in Jan 2010 over the previous month. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/mrsjan2010.pdf Singapore Department of Statistics is now conducting the Census of Population 2010. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/press12032010.pdf Overall business receipts of the Services Sector, excluding wholesale & retail trade, hotels and restaurants, rose by 3.6% in 4Q2009 over 3Q2009 (non-seasonally adjusted). http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/qbri4q2009.pdf "Singapore in Brief, 2010" released. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/catalogue.html#sib Singapore’s exports of services reached $137.9 billion in 2008, up 12.2% following an increase of 20.5% a year earlier. Imports of services rose 9.6% to $122.3 billion, faster than the 8.3% growth registered in 2007. Transportation, trade-related, travel and business management services accounted for the majority of total trade in services. The European Union (EU) was Singapore’s top trading partner for the year, followed by the United States (US), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Japan, China and Hong Kong. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news.html#nop25022010 In 2008, the retail trade industry comprised some 20,300 establishments, employing a total of 115,500 workers. Operating receipts totaled $40.7 billion, 4.0% higher than the previous year. Operating surplus amounted to $2.2 billion in 2008. Total value added generated by retail trade was $5.0 billion in 2008, representing an increase of 3.9% over 2007. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news.html#nop24022010a The SSEC provides a common framework for classifying educational programmes and qualifications. It consists of three components – level of education attending, level of educational qualification attained and field of study. The SSEC 2010 edition supersedes the first edition in 2000. It has been updated to reflect new developments and changes in the education system in Singapore, as well as to align with the international standard. The publication describes the principles, scope and structure of the classification. Comparison tables of SSEC 2000 and SSEC 2010 for the three components are also included to facilitate better understanding of the changes. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news.html#nop24022010 The CPI (2009-based) for Jan 2010 rose by 0.7% over Dec 2009 due mainly to higher costs of housing, transport and education & stationery. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI went up by 0.3%. Compared with Jan 2009, the CPI in Jan 2010 was higher by 0.2% on account of higher costs of transport, education & stationery and health care. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI went up by 1.0%. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/cpijan2010.pdf In 2008, the Information and Communications services industry comprised some 6,800 establishments and employed 73,900 workers. Operating receipts grew by 6.7% to $31.0 billion and operating surplus increased by 3.6% to $4.3 billion. Total value added grew by 6.4% from $8.9 billion in 2007 to $9.5 billion in 2008. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news.html#nop22022010 This paper highlights key trends of household income from work in 2009 and the impact of the Resilience package and other government schemes on household income. The paper shows that household income in 2009 was lower than in 2008 but still higher than earlier years. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/papers/economy/op-s16.pdf Domestic wholesale trade, on a seasonally adjusted basis, increased by 10.0% in 4Q2009 compared to 3Q2009, with increased sales in general wholesale trade, petroleum & petroleum products and electronic components. The seasonally adjusted foreign wholesale trade increased by 11.5% in 4Q2009 compared to 3Q2009, with higher sales in most of the wholesale sectors. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/wti4q2009.pdf This paper presents the latest CPI series with base period 2009=100. Details on the weighting pattern and methodological improvements are also included. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/papers/economy/ip-e36.pdf Singapore’s economy contracted by 2.8% on a quarter-on-quarter, seasonally adjusted basis, in 4Q2009. Real GDP growth in 2010 is expected to be 4.5% to 6.5%, following a contraction of 2.0% in 2009. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/gdp4q2009.pdf The SSOC provides a common framework for classifying occupations in Singapore. It is reviewed and updated regularly to reflect developments in the labour market, particularly the emergence of new occupations, as well as to align with changes in international standard. The SSOC 2010 is the sixth edition of the SSOC and supersedes previous editions. This publication describes the principles, scope and structure of the classification. A detailed write-up is provided at the four-digit level to facilitate better understanding and appropriate use of the classification. A comparison table of SSOC 2005 and SSOC 2010 up to the unit group level is also included to facilitate better understanding of the changes. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news.html#nop18022010 The SSIC provides a common framework for classifying economic activities in Singapore. It is reviewed and updated regularly to reflect significant changes in the structure of the Singapore economy and the emergence of new activities as well as to align with changes in the international standard. The SSIC 2010 is the tenth edition of the SSIC. The publication describes the principles, scope and structure of the classification. To facilitate better understanding and appropriate use of the classification, detailed write-up is provided at the class (four-digit) level. A comparison table of SSIC 2005 and SSIC 2010 up to class level is also included to facilitate better understanding of the changes. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news.html#nop17022010 Retail sales, on a seasonally adjusted basis, declined by 0.9% in Dec 2009 compared to Nov 2009. Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales decreased slightly by 0.4%. The seasonally adjusted catering trade increased by 3.3% in Dec 2009 over the previous month. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/mrsdec2009.pdf Results of the Annual Economic Survey of Singapore, 2009 will be released on 19 Feb 2010, 8.00a.m. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/press12022010.pdf The 2004-based CPI for general households rose by 0.2% in 2009. The corresponding inflation rates for the lowest 20%, middle 60% and top 20% income groups were 0.4%, 0.1% and 0.4% respectively. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/cpi-jul-dec2009.pdf Overall, the services sector expects a favourable business outlook in the first half of 2010. A weighted 35% of firm foresees better business climate, while a weighted 11% of firms projects less favourable conditions for the next six months ending Jun 2010. Majority of the firms (a weighted 54%) anticipate business activities to remain stable. This results in a net weighted balance of 24% of firms having a positive outlook. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/bes1q2010.pdf The publication on “Transport & Storage Services” contains detailed survey findings and statistical tables on establishments engaged in the transport and storage services for reference year 2008. In 2008, the transport & storage services industry comprised some 9,700 establishments and employed about 137,700 workers. The industry collected $83.1 billion in operating receipts, 14.7% higher compared with 2007. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pubn/business.html#essts The CPI for 2009 rose by 0.2% over 2008 due mainly to higher costs of food and health care which more than offset lower costs of transport & communication. Excluding accommodation costs, the CPI fell by 0.5%. The CPI for Dec 2009 was lower by 0.5% when compared with Nov 2009 but remained stable when compared with Dec 2008. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/cpidec2009.pdf Retail sales, on a seasonally adjusted basis, increased by 1.2% in Nov 2009 compared to Oct 2009. Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales increased slightly by 0.3%. The seasonally adjusted catering trade decreased by 1.7% in Nov 2009 over the previous month. http://www.singstat.gov.sg/news/news/mrsnov2009.pdf