The Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index 2016 ranked Singapore as the 7th least corrupt country in the world. Singapore also maintained its first-place in the 2016 Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (PERC) annual survey on corruption, Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (C
India has been ranked 131 out of 188 countries on the Human Development Index (HDI), making it the third-largest Asian economy and in the same bracket as South Asian neighbours Pakistan, Bhutan and Nepal, according to a new United Nations report surveyed for human development.
Singapore has emerged as one of the top 10 most expensive cities to relocate to with a basic month living cost of US$2,148.45, according to the 2017 Relocation Price Index.
The tourism and F&B (Food and Beverages) sectors of Singapore have fared well on the satisfaction meter, reveals The Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) of Singapore.
Singapore has topped the list of Asian Digital Transformation Index that measures the ability of Asian economies to transform themselves in the face of digital transformation.
US President Trump escalates trade war by doubling tariffs on Canada steel, aluminum
The worry is that the whipsaw moves by the Trump Administration will either hurt the US economy directly or create enough uncertainty to drive US companies and consumers into an economy-freezing paralysis. The S&P 500 was down 9.1 per cent from its all-time high set on February 19.
Donald Trump to keep tariffs to pressure Mexico, Canada, China on fentanyl, feels aides
The US federal government reduced its payrolls by 10,000 in a potential harbinger of the alarm being sounded by the stock market, consumer confidence and other measures of where the economy is headed. Since January, the economic policy uncertainty index has spiked 41 per cent to a level, 334.5, that in the past signalled a recession.
President Donald Trump delays tariffs on Mexican, Canadian goods
