Singapore's Fourth Quarter Real GDP: Summary (Table)

By Marco Babic

Jan. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Following is Singapore's GDP growth by sector for the fourth quarter released by the Ministry of Trade & Industry.

===============================================================================
                      4Q Adv      4Q     3Q     2Q     1Q     4Q     3Q     2Q
                       Est.*    2008   2008   2008   2008   2007   2007   2007
===============================================================================
Year-on-year growth     -2.6%   -3.7%  -0.2%   2.2%   6.9%   5.4%   9.5%   9.1%
Annualized QoQ growth -12.5%   -16.9%  -5.1%  -5.5%  15.8%  -4.8%   5.1%  13.4%
                      ----------------------- YoY% ---------------------------
Goods Producing           n/a   -7.1%  -6.6%  -2.0%  12.6%   2.9%  11.6%   9.7%
Manufacturing          -9.0%  -10.7% -10.9%  -5.5%  12.6%   0.2%  11.0%   8.6%
Construction           13.3%   14.1%  20.3%  21.0%  16.9%  24.3%  20.1%  22.4%
Services Producing       1.1%   -0.1%   5.4%   7.1%   7.7%   7.7%   8.5%   8.6%
Wholesale/Retail         n/a   -5.4%   4.4%   6.0%   5.5%   6.0%   6.8%   8.5%
Transport/Storage        n/a   -2.1%   3.7%   5.8%   5.4%   5.4%   5.0%   5.5%
Hotels/Restaurants       n/a    0.1%  -0.1%   2.1%   3.2%   2.5%   4.9%   5.6%
Information/Comm.        n/a    5.6%   7.4%   7.8%   6.8%   6.1%   6.6%   6.5%
Financial Services       n/a   -1.8%   6.0%  10.6%  14.0%  15.9%  20.1%  17.0%
===============================================================================
                      4Q Adv      4Q     3Q     2Q     1Q     4Q     3Q     2Q
                       Est.*    2008   2008   2008   2008   2007   2007   2007
===============================================================================
                      ----------------------- YoY% ---------------------------
Business Services        n/a    5.5%   7.7%   7.6%   8.6%   8.7%   7.5%   7.6%
                      ------------------ Annualized QoQ% ----------------------
Goods Producing           n/a  -19.1%  -4.5% -34.1%  47.4% -18.6%  17.5%  14.6%
Manufacturing            n/a  -23.2%  -7.5% -43.5%  59.1% -24.9%  19.1%  14.0%
Construction             n/a    2.3%  11.0%  44.2%   3.2%  27.3%  13.3%  24.7%
Services Producing        n/a  -14.5%  -5.5%  10.5%  11.5%   5.8%   1.0%  12.8%
Wholesale/Retail         n/a  -31.9%  -4.7%  11.6%  10.9%   0.4%   1.9%   8.1%
Transport/Storage        n/a  -14.9%  -7.2%   7.3%   8.6%   7.3%   0.3%   5.6%
Hotels/Restaurants       n/a    0.1%  -5.6%   1.6%   4.6%  -0.5%   2.6%   6.5%
Information/Comm.        n/a   -0.4%   7.0%  11.6%   4.5%   6.7%   8.6%   8.2%
Financial Services       n/a  -18.9% -21.6%  14.1%  28.0%  10.3%  -7.3%  21.0%
Business Services        n/a    0.2%   4.7%  12.1%   5.1%   8.8%   4.5%   8.1%
===============================================================================

Note: Advance estimates are for fourth quarter and were released in January.

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