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Global economy: Singapore gives optimists some succour

To hear it from Singapore, the global economy is a glass half full. The central bank's latest assessment skips some of the pessimism that's been a feature of communications this year. If this hub for trade and capital is right, then the global expansion will live to fight another day. They sound less dour than recent prognostications from the OECD, the International Monetary Fund, and European policymakers.