0200 GMT - Singapore's stronger-than-expected 2Q advance GDP data may buoy the Singapore dollar, MUFG Bank's Lloyd Chan says in a research report. The data showed the country's GDP grew 1.4% on-quarter in 2Q, reversing the revised 0.5% contraction in 1Q, the senior currency analyst notes. Hence, "Singapore avoided a technical recession," Chan says. Looking ahead, however, 2H could "prove more challenging, with potential payback in export growth following earlier front-loading, and the risk of higher [U.S.] tariffs on Singapore's trading partners from" Aug. 1, Chan adds. "These factors could have negative spillover effects on Singapore's trade-reliant economy," Chan adds. USD/SGD is down 0.1% at 1.2806. (ronnie.harui@wsj.com)
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