Singapore economy tops forecast with 2.1% growth in Q1 from year earlier

Singapore's economy grew at a faster than expected pace in the first quarter, government data showed on Tuesday, even as the central bank announced no change to monetary policy. Gross domestic product grew an annualized 2.1 percent in January-March from the year-ago period, stronger than the 1.8 percent forecast in a Reuters poll and after expanding 2.1...