Singapore Q3 GDP up 4.1% y/y, preliminary data shows

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s economy grew 4.1% in the third quarter from a year earlier, preliminary government data showed on Monday.

Economists polled by Reuters had expected annual growth of 3.8% in the July-September period.

On a quarter-on-quarter seasonally adjusted basis, GDP expanded 2.1% from the second quarter, according to advance estimates from the trade ministry.

(Reporting by Xinghui Kok; editing by John Mair)