Carbon tax will rise to S$25/tonne from 2024, S$45 from 2026, S$50-80 by 2030. Here's how Singapore's carbon tax rate currently stacks up against countries around the world, graphic via Sharon See and BTDigital #Budget2022

It seems the Singapore govt is acknowledging the urgency of the climate crisis with a 5-fold increase in the carbon tax rate to S$25/tonne from 2024 at #Budget2022, even tho many experts I'd spoken to had believed they'd stick to the ballpark of S$10-15 businesstimes.com.sg/government-eco…

Guilty as charged! 😅 Should’ve had more confidence in Singapore to push ahead with decarbonisation.

The GST hike delay to 2023 comes as sweet relief to businesses but is it fiscally prudent? Some economists don’t think so #Budget2022 businesstimes.com.sg/government-eco…

Singapore's inflation and GDP outlook are now "clouded" by the #RussiaUkraineWar, the country's trade and industry minister said, with inflation set to rise further. Jan's core inflation hit 2.4%, the highest in nearly 10 years businesstimes.com.sg/government-eco…

A look at this story I filed last week shortly after #Budget2022: we might start to see lower-wage functions move out of Singapore when tighter foreign manpower rules kick in businesstimes.com.sg/government-eco…

Also a #Budget2022 story, this one on BEPS 2.0 from today's BT: Some tax experts believe it's not inconceivable that Singapore could net higher corporate taxes under Pillar 2, given Pillar 1's fairly limited reach (targeting top 100 MNCs in the world) businesstimes.com.sg/government-eco…

And I had the great pleasure of meeting the passionate trio behind Grand Venture Technology recently! They shared with me how their can-do spirit carried them through the the pandemic to a tripling of net profit in FY2021 businesstimes.com.sg/companies-mark…

“I hear some say: Where have you been for us in the past? - I hear you. I truly believe we must critically assess our past actions. I am willing to do so” - @ABaerbock 🇩🇪 We must unite for peace today! #StandingWithUkraine 🕊🇺🇦

‘Majulah Singapura' - ‘Onward Singapore' and only Onward!!! Amazing display of solidarity by Singapore Mission UN with Ukraine! And we are many in United Nations to defend the Charter, to make the voice of UNGA heard, to stop the war in Ukraine. It’s a defining for the UN! United we vote yea!

I love the Russian people. That is why I have to tell you the truth. Please watch and share.

The excitement was palpable among the restaurateurs I spoke to yesterday in anticipation of Mar 29! But it seems a new challenger has arrived (!) - now their next big hurdle is finding enough manpower to serve the larger group of customers businesstimes.com.sg/government-eco…

[Exclusive] @Soitec_EN told BT it's planning a 400m euro expansion for its Singapore factory, just 1 year after it announced a 275m euro investment here businesstimes.com.sg/government-eco…

USD fell 1% against SGD within 20 min of MAS’s announcement this morning but recovered to beyond 1.40 by 4pm SGT businesstimes.com.sg/government-eco…

Quite a number of economists believe MAS might raise the slope by 50bp this Oct businesstimes.com.sg/government-eco…

Vietnam seems to be the 'it' these days, in the few days I was there, I met sooo many SG companies heading there looking for opportunities now that Covid-19 is (more or less) over! businesstimes.com.sg/asean-business…

Degrowth is a topic I've been thinking quite a bit about lately as our climate and ecological crisis deepens. I do think we can save the world AND achieve our human development goals by first focusing on what's good for us than growth for its own sake businesstimes.com.sg/brunch/can-deg…

*NEW VERSION* alert 🔔 (1st written up in 2020, now joint with Chun Chee Kok who is on the market 📈) we study the effects of a large-scale colonial resettlement-era program in Malaysia on contemporary economic and voting outcomes. A thread 1/🧵 gedeon89.github.io/gedeonlim.com/…