Singapore’s economy expands 5.7% in the second quarter, according to advance estimates reported by multiple outlets. The growth rate is higher than analysts’ expectations of 5.5% for the period, but it is slower than the revised 6.3% pace recorded in the first quarter. One key component of the quarter’s performance is manufacturing, which grows 12.2% for the April-to-June period compared with the same months a year earlier. Sources characterize the overall result as an easing from the previous quarter, even as it remains above forecast. The reported figures reflect year-on-year expansion for Q2 and use the same macroeconomic framing across outlets: a comparison of Q2 against the corresponding quarter in the prior year. Together, the reports indicate that Singapore’s Q2 expansion is supported by a strong manufacturing showing, while overall growth decelerates relative to Q1.