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After posting "How many PME Jobs to S'poreans?" [LINK] - a few people asked me if I could do an analysis of the effect of Covid-19 on the employment growth statistics? So, here's an analysis of the employment growth statistics, primarily comparing 2020 (Covid) to 2019 (pre Covid). Before Covid-19 struck in 2020, the foreign... 

Economists have slashed their GDP growth forecasts for Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand, three of the region’s biggest economies. But for S’pore, MAS has revised higher the economic growth forecast for 2021 and expects that GDP growth could go beyond the initial 4%-6% yoy range forecasted. • MAS Chief Ravi Menon... 

I am glad the “bargaining” word is used because negotiating an FTA is such a process. You got to have something the other party wants, and you got to want something the other party has, otherwise, there’s no deal. The trick is to get as much as what you want as possible, without giving away too much of what you have. Hopefully,...