SINGAPORE (Aug 11): Singapore's economy grew much faster than initially estimated in the second quarter and more than analysts had expected, helped by expansions in the services sector and manufacturing.

The city-state's economy grew 2.2% in April-June from the previous three months on an annualised and seasonally adjusted basis, the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) said in a statement on Friday.

That compared with the government's advance estimate last month of 0.4% growth, which economists had expected to only pick up marginally to 0.5% in the final print.

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