Singapore might see a deeper recession for 2020 after the city-state extended its partial lockdown, investment banking company Citigroup Inc warned on Tuesday.
The nation’s GDP could shrink by 8.5% in contrast to its previous forecast of a 6% contraction, according to a note by economists Wei Zheng Kit and Kai Wei. The change in estimate came after Singapore announced that it would extend its “circuit breaker” measures until June 1 in a bid to slow down the COVID-19 outbreak.
The economists wrote that the extension would bring 25%-30% of the nation’s GDP to a standstill with an additional reduction of 2%-2.5% for every month in lockdown.
The government on Tuesday also pledged to roll out S$3.8 billion ($2.7 billion) in fiscal stimulus on top of the near S$60 billion package announced prior.
Singapore currently has the most cases in Southeast Asia.
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