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AI productivity gains could help offset tighter labour supply.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Singapore\u2019s economy is expected to expand by an average of 2.7% annually from 2026 to 2035, below its 5.2% growth in 2024 and 2025, as demographic pressures weigh on a mature market.<\/p>\n Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven productivity gains are expected to help offset the tighter labour supply, according to a report by Bain & Company, DBS Bank, and Vriens & Partners.<\/p>\n The country was identified as the most resilient of Southeast Asia\u2019s six largest economies covered in the report.<\/p>\n \u201cSingapore is maximising its \u2018stability premium\u2019 amid heightened global volatility,\u201d Hans Vriens, founder and managing partner of Vriens & Partners, said.<\/p>\n The report pointed out that its resilience is supported by its safe-haven status, deep financial markets, and fiscal buffers.<\/p>\n In a more favourable environment, the country could benefit from stronger regional capital flows, AI adoption and advanced manufacturing activity, it added.<\/p>\n Separately, Singapore has captured more than 60% of total regional foreign direct investment (FDI), supported by its roles in finance, semiconductors and biomedical manufacturing.<\/p>\n Net FDI inflows reached about $193.3b (US$151b) in 2025, compared with an annual average of about $152.3b (US$119b) from 2020 to 2024.<\/p>\n The market is also the largest source of FDI into Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, the report said.<\/p>\n Singapore\u2019s imports reached about $638.7b (US$499b) in 2025, up from an annual average of about $531.2b (US$415b) from 2020 to 2024.<\/p>\n On domestic investment, gross fixed capital formation stood at about $170.2b (US$133b) in 2025. The report attributed the increase to public-led construction and semiconductor expansion.<\/p>\n However, energy dependence remains another constraint. The report said the market will need to diversify its energy supply as power-intensive activities, including AI and advanced manufacturing, expand.<\/p>\n Wider AI adoption was also identified as a key issue for Singapore.<\/p>\n \u201cThe priority now is converting AI leadership into broad productivity gains across mid-market firms,\u201d the report added.<\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" AI productivity gains could help offset tighter labour supply.\u00a0 Singapore\u2019s economy is expected to expand by an average of 2.7% annually from 2026 to 2035, below its 5.2% growth in 2024 and 2025, as demographic pressures weigh on a mature market. Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven productivity gains are expected to help offset the tighter labour supply,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6843,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bez-rubriki"],"featured_image_src":{"landsacpe":["https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Singapore-1-1140x445.jpg",1140,445,true],"list":["https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Singapore-1-463x348.jpg",463,348,true],"medium":["https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Singapore-1-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"full":["https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Singapore-1.jpg",1620,1080,false]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6842"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6844,"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6842\/revisions\/6844"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}