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Business Expectations Of The Services Sector - Employment Forecast For The Next Quarter, Weighted Percentages Of Up, Same, Down, Quarterly

Data from Jan 1995 to Mar 2025Updated 9 days ago

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 30/04/2025

Update Frequency: Quarterly

Footnotes: Net weighted balance' is the difference between the weighted percentages of 'ups' and 'downs'. A positive value indicates a net upward trend and a negative value denotes a net downward trend. Link to latest BES release is available via www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/search-by-theme/industry/business-expectations/latest-data .

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M250501

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BusinessExpectationsOfTheServicesSectorEmploymentForecastForTheNextQuarterWeightedPercentagesOfUpSameDownQuarterly.csv (80 rows, 51.5 KB)

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Net Weighted Balance - Total Services Sector-3510123912965151611910360-7-21-2416522101031761-463-2-41288215129312843899-4717181521212011164-15-201117171927202318201117131715128111052641478-7-1-5101612197121511313981114202018924191916312832
Weighted Percentages Of Up - Total Services Sector713151612161715131521201614161213111153121413111115151210151310914121110181715141919151217129914131361521242128272721221410819242425312429252516242021212118151613911109111213533121916219141814658131216192121211426212323333236
Weighted Percentages Of Same - Total Services Sector83798080797778798075737679817879807871697077787980808080798177808178787976767674787477747979788486858083838477757073656766697276656473696969657265687079697375737072817879848484838283828393898678807789847983919187838479767878768172777370656460
Weighted Percentages Of Down - Total Services Sector1085497567106455697111826271188995599879138913146971247695456644108466767106102528877644675577469104687568755124823422233345445511352247244
Net Weighted Balance - Wholesale Trade & Retail Trade-9778-21114-1-501116161113711-2----------------------------nananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananana
Weighted Percentages Of Up - Wholesale Trade & Retail Trade515101381915117121721221617128912----------------------------nananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananana
Weighted Percentages Of Same - Wholesale Trade & Retail Trade81778782827384778176777472797983858374----------------------------nananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananana
Weighted Percentages Of Down - Wholesale Trade & Retail Trade1483510811212126565457814----------------------------nananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananana
Net Weighted Balance - Wholesale Trade-245104108-1-10-11319105921-5-18-130-602011902716160-6-137-3101271452nananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananana
Weighted Percentages Of Up - Wholesale Trade61181491681167819211391369727878641296713811613856159911161717813nananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananana

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Business Expectations Of The Services Sector - Employment Forecast For The Next Quarter, Weighted Percentages Of Up, Same, Down, Quarterly (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved May 10, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_c52be84b3643c964b0af161998653dfd/view

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