SINGAPORE: Singapore's economy contracted 2.2% in the first quarter from a year earlier, preliminary data showed on Thursday, with the coronavirus outbreak prompting authorities to downgrade their full-year GDP forecast range to -4% to -1%.
Economists polled by Reuters had forecast a 1.5% contraction in Singapore, one of the first countries to report quarterly growth data since the virus spread from China at the start of the year.
On a quarter-on-quarter basis, gross domestic product (GDP) contracted 10.6%, the Ministry of Trade and Industry said in a statement. Economists had expected a 6.3% contraction.
The previous 2020 GDP range was -0.5% to 1.5%. - Reuters
source https://www.thesundaily.my/business/singapore-plans-for-recession-as-economy-shrinks-more-than-expected-in-q1-due-to-virus-CH2180994
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