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Singapore, Jul 14 (EFE/EPA).-According to the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore's economy grew by 14.3 percent in the second quarter of 2021 year-on-year. This is attributed to the fall in the GDP last year due to circuit breaker measures implemented at the height of the coronavirus pandemic in Singapore from April until June 2020. (Camera: WALLACE WOON)SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF SINGAPORE.
Singapore, Apr 14 (EFE/EPA).- Singapore's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.2% in the first quarter of 2021, the first expansion of the economy of the city-state since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic."The expansion is a strong signal that our economy is slowly but surely recovering from the unprecedented impact of Covid-19 last year," Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing said on Facebook after the release of the data.The Asian nation, whose GDP shrank by 5.8% in 2020, has come out of recession, according to preliminary data announced by the Singaporean Ministry of Trade and Industry on Wednesday. (Camera: ARCHIVE).B-ROLL OF SINGAPORE.
The International Monetary Fund's World Economic Outlook now sees world growth of 6.0 percent this year after the contraction of 3.3 percent in 2020 amid the Covid-19 pandemic, IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath says. SOUNDBITE
Washington, Apr 6 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Shawn Thew) The global recovery is accelerating and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates that the world's economic growth will reach a 6% in 2021 -five tenths more than expected in January-, although it warns that the Covid-19 crisis has left scars in emerging countries such as growing inequality and an increase in poverty.FOOTAGE OF THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AND THE WORLD BANK HEADQUARTERS.
Optimism that new vaccines will bring the pandemic under control and allow economic activity to resume coupled with stimulus in major economies has boosted the growth forecast this year to 5.5 percent, the IMF says in its latest World Economic Outlook. SOUNDBITE
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