| Conservative spending rules will safeguard it. Despite the lower real returns of state-run investment entities GIC and Temasek Holdings due to exposure to equities, Singapore's fiscal position is foreseen to endure only a limited impact over the near to medium term.
According to Moody's Investors Service report, Singapore has on its arsenal buffers that would help it brave deficits at this time. "Over the near to medium term, conservative spending rules, a large stockpile of existing fiscal reserves, and features of Singapore’s fiscal framework that work to safeguard them will limit the negative credit impact on the sovereign," Moody's said...............................................Full Article: Source
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