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Pedestrians holding umbrellas walk under a bridge near Singapore's financial district March 16, 2009.
Wednesday, Apr. 15, 2009

Open quoteThe situation is really dire. Close quote

  • VISHNU VARATHAN,
  • an economist at Forecast Singapore, on news that the city's GDP contracted 19.7% in the first quarter of 2009, more than double what analysts had expected
Photo: Vivek Prakash / Reuters | Source: South China Morning Post