Budget 2024 For The Singapore Forward Roadmap

Khoon Goh, Head of Asia Research, ANZ Bank

19-Feb-24 08:30

Budget 2024 For The Singapore Forward Roadmap

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Singapore has unveiled a comprehensive Budget plan for 2024 amounting to S$131.4 billion, constituting roughly 18% of its GDP. This is also 0.5% more than what was set aside for 2023. Khoon Goh, Head of Asia Research, ANZ Bank, helps us unpack what the different focus points are in this latest plan.

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Categories: economy, international

Tags: singapore, singapore budget, singapore economy, budget 2024,

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