SINGAPORE – Singapore’s industrial output in May beat forecasts and grew 13.8% year-on-year, due to strong demand from 5G markets and data centres amid a global semiconductor chip shortage, official data showed on Friday.
Economists had expected a 5.8% year-on-year increase in May, according to a Reuters poll.
On a month-on-month and seasonally adjusted basis, industrial production was up 10.9% in May. Economists had forecast 2.8% growth.
(Reporting by Chen Lin in Singapore; Editing by Ed Davies)