Singapore’s Manufacturing Unexpectedly Falls on Pharmaceuticals

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Singapore’s industrial production unexpectedly declined in January as demand for electronics and pharmaceuticals faltered.

Manufacturing fell 0.4 percent from a year earlier after a revised 1.3 percent gain in December, the Economic Development Board said in a report today. The median of 16 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News was for a 5.2 percent increase.