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CNN News Item 24

经济：新加坡经济前景黯淡

Well moving around to the East of Asia now, Southeast of Asia, a gloomy forecast out of Singapore. The government says its economy will likely shrink by between 6 and 9% this year. The announcement comes as the city-state’s first quarter GDP fell almost 12% from the, from a year ago. In seasonally adjusted terms it was even more brutal than that actually. Singapore is reducing its output for the third time this year, as demand for its exports continues to fall amidst a worsening financial crisis. It previously predicted just a 5% contraction for the full year.