Singapore’s Production Unexpectedly Climbs on Drugs

Bloomberg.com, 26 Aug 2009
Aug. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Singapore’s industrial production unexpectedly surged the most in 16 months in July as pharmaceuticals output jumped and the electronics slump eased, heralding a sustained economic recovery.
Manufacturing, which accounts for about a quarter of Singapore’s economy, rose 12.4 percent from a year earlier following a revised 9 percent decline in June, the Economic Development Board said today.
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