The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remains unchanged at 3.3%, writes Shamim Adam for Bloomberg. The government has engaged in handouts to companies to help with wage costs and to prevent job loss.
The National Trades Unions Congress expects joblessness to peak at 4.3% while the United Overseas Bank projects Singapore’s unemployment rate could reach 3.8% at the end of the year.
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Max Chen contributed to this article.