Singapore cuts GDP growth for 2022 to 3.6% as demand sags

City-state keeps 0.5-2.5% forecast for 2023 amid global 'uncertainties'

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Singapore faces weaker external demand amid slower growth in major trading partners. © Reuters

TSUBASA SURUGA, Nikkei staff writer

SINGAPORE -- Singapore on Monday revised its economic growth rate for 2022 to 3.6% on the year, down from the preliminary estimate of 3.8% amid weaker external demand.

Last year's growth came in well below the 8.9% recorded for 2021. That figure, a correction from the pandemic lows of 2020, was upgraded from 7.6% on Monday to account for data updates and revisions from various sources, according to the Trade Ministry.

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