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“At any given point, trade with our international partners is clouded and difficult,” one executive at an electrical-equipment maker told ISM.

Although Singapore’s economy has held up relatively well so far this year, some analysts warn that the trade outlook remains clouded by global uncertainties.

But information about the situation has been clouded by the government shutdown, which has limited incoming economic data in recent weeks.

But this obsession is so clouded by ignorance and false assumptions that the nature and direction of the relationship is never straightforward.

While the economy can continue to grow for some time while its foundations erode, policymakers are left with a clouded picture of its underlying condition.