Post Budget, the GSI is stable in March. Year-on-year, the pandemic has had a positive impact on areas such as cost of living and population management.

Jobs and unemployment saw the largest gains at 5 points, followed by level of salaries and wages and gap between rich and poor at 2 points. Motor vehicle prices/COE had...

The GSI was down 2 points this month, but on a year-on-year basis, it grew by 3 points. 

Moral standards was the only issue that saw a drop this month (1 point). The 3 key gains took place in Housing Affordability (5 points), Population Management and Jobs and...

Mostly stable this month, as only population management saw a drop of 1 point. Taxes saw the highest gains at 3 points, followed by care for the elderly, public transport,...

Taxes and motor car prices/COE saw the largest drop (2 points), while the highest gain was in income/ wealth gap (6 points). Cost of living came in second, with a...

With DBS recently reporting that 1/3 of its customers had negative cash flow between Jan-June it is possible this cut in income is starting to bite. Satisfaction in managing the...

Relatively stable GSI this month with Index score up one point since July. Given the current outlook, all eyes are on jobs which is down one point this month while...

Post-election blues. July saw a dip of 3 points in the GSI driven by election issues such as Government accountability, jobs and population. CPF was also down significantly.