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General Business Expectations (Forecast For Next 6 Months)
Electronics
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1970-Q1
General Business Expectations (Forecast For Next 6 Months)
Chemicals
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1970-Q1
General Business Expectations (Forecast For Next 6 Months)
Biomedical Manufacturing
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1970-Q1
General Business Expectations (Forecast For Next 6 Months)
Precision Engineering
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1970-Q1
General Business Expectations (Forecast For Next 6 Months)
Transport Engineering
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1970-Q1
General Business Expectations (Forecast For Next 6 Months)
General Manufacturing Industries
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1970-Q1
Numbers Employed (Forecast For Next Quarter)
Electronics
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Numbers Employed (Forecast For Next Quarter)
Chemicals
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Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
Quarter
quarter
Quarter (Q)
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Variables
level_1
Text
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Manufacturing Clusters
level_2
Text
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Net Weighted Balance
value
Numeric
Net Weighted Balance
"Net weighted balance" is the difference between the weighted percentage of 'up' responses and the weighted percentage of 'down' responses.
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Economic Development Board. (2017). Business Expectations for the Next Three and Six Months, Manufacturing clusters (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 8, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_b53bf671e2e03776f5f7e8e95ae9b504/view