Singapore financial sector grew 5.1% in 2020, faster than before Covid-19: MAS annual report

The Straits Times2021-06-30

SINGAPORE - Singapore’s financial sector outperformed the overall economy in 2020 by growing at a pace that was even faster than 2019, before the onset of the Covid-19 outbreak, the central bank’s ...

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