SINGAPORE (July 10): Singapore is expected to show 1.1% quarter-on-quarter growth in April-June, averting a recession thanks to an uptick in electronics output as well as a recovery in the services sector, a Reuters poll of economists showed on Monday.

The economy had got off to a weak start to the year, suffering a 1.3% contraction, on a seasonally adjusted and annualised basis, in January-March compared with the final quarter of 2016.

Year-on-year, second quarter advance gross domestic product (GDP) was forecast to show growth of 2.8% in April-June, according to the median estimate of 11 economists surveyed by Reuters, improving slightly on the 2.7% growth posted for January-March.  

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