Singapore’s Third Quarter Real GDP: Summary (Table)

By Marco Babic

Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Following is Singapore’s GDP growth by sector for the third quarter released by the Ministry of Trade & Industry.

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                      3Q Adv      3Q     2Q     1Q     4Q     3Q     2Q     1Q
                      Est.*     2008   2008   2008   2007   2007   2007   2007
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Year-on-year growth     -0.5%   -0.6%   2.3%   6.9%   5.4%   9.5%   9.1%   7.0%
Annualized QoQ growth   -6.3%   -6.8%  -5.3%  15.7%  -4.8%   5.1%  13.4%   9.2%
                      ----------------------- YoY% ---------------------------
Goods Producing           n/a   -7.9%  -2.0%  12.6%   2.9%  11.6%   9.7%   5.1%
Manufacturing         -11.5%  -11.4%  -5.2%  12.7%   0.2%  11.0%   8.6%   3.9%
Construction            7.8%   12.8%  19.8%  16.9%  24.3%  20.1%  22.4%  14.4%
Services Producing       6.1%    5.3%   7.1%   7.7%   7.7%   8.5%   8.6%   7.7%
Wholesale/Retail         n/a    4.3%   6.0%   5.5%   6.0%   6.8%   8.5%   8.0%
Transport/Storage        n/a    4.0%   5.8%   5.4%   5.4%   5.0%   5.5%   4.4%
Hotels/Restaurants       n/a   -0.2%   2.0%   3.1%   2.5%   4.9%   5.6%   4.8%
Information/Comm.        n/a    7.7%   7.8%   6.8%   6.1%   6.6%   6.5%   5.9%
Financial Services       n/a    6.0%  10.6%  14.0%  15.9%  20.1%  17.0%  14.5%
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                      3Q Adv      3Q     2Q     1Q     4Q     3Q     2Q     1Q
                       Est.*    2008   2008   2008   2007   2007   2007   2007
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                      ----------------------- YoY% ---------------------------
Business Services        n/a    7.3%   7.7%   8.6%   8.7%   7.5%   7.6%   7.4%
                      ------------------ Annualized QoQ% ----------------------
Goods Producing           n/a   -9.8% -34.0%  47.4% -18.6%  17.5%  14.6%   2.2%
Manufacturing            n/a  -10.5% -42.9%  59.2% -24.9%  19.1%  14.0%  -1.6%
Construction             n/a  -10.7%  38.7%   3.2%  27.3%  13.3%  24.7%  32.5%
Services Producing        n/a   -5.6%  10.6%  11.5%   5.8%   1.0%  12.8%  12.3%
Wholesale/Retail         n/a   -5.0%  11.8%  10.8%   0.4%   1.9%   8.1%  15.9%
Transport/Storage        n/a   -6.2%   7.3%   8.6%   7.3%   0.3%   5.6%   8.3%
Hotels/Restaurants       n/a   -5.6%   1.7%   4.1%  -0.5%   2.6%   6.5%   1.8%
Information/Comm.        n/a    8.1%  11.5%   4.5%   6.7%   8.6%   8.2%   0.6%
Financial Services       n/a  -21.6%  14.2%  28.0%  10.3%  -7.3%  29.1%  21.0%
Business Services        n/a    3.2%  12.5%   5.0%   8.8%   4.5%  16.4%   8.1%
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Note: Advance estimates are for third quarter and were released in October.

Figures are based at 2000=100.

Source: Ministry of Trade & Industry, Singapore

To contact the reporter on this story: Marco Babic in Singapore at mbabic@bloomberg.net