{"id":61167,"date":"2026-06-16T15:54:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T07:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=61167"},"modified":"2026-06-16T15:54:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T07:54:01","slug":"why-singapores-manufacturing-story-holds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=61167","title":{"rendered":"Why Singapore&#8217;s manufacturing story holds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"article-description\">Sector-level margin pressure appears more manageable than the headline cost data initially suggests<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body-container\">\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">[SINGAPORE] The improvement in <a class=\"text-verticals-btblue underline hover:text-blue-500\" data-testid=\"article-annotation-link-component\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businesstimes.com.sg\/singapore\/economy-policy\/singapores-pmi-inches-51-may-electronics-sector-maintains-growth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May\u2019s purchasing managers\u2019 index (PMI) for Singapore<\/a> was broad-based.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">New orders, export demand, factory output, purchasing activity and employment all accelerated from April, indicating that manufacturing growth is becoming more entrenched rather than relying on a single driver.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6 inline-block\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">The electronics PMI rose to 51.9, extending its expansion streak to 12 consecutive months, as it continues to outperform the broader manufacturing sector.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesstimes.com.sg\/wealth\/wealth-investing\/why-singapores-manufacturing-story-holds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sector-level margin pressure appears more manageable than the headline cost data initially suggests [SINGAPORE] The improvement in May\u2019s purchasing managers\u2019 index (PMI) for Singapore was&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/61168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}