02-06-2011, 01:31 PM
(02-06-2011, 12:27 PM)mrEngineer Wrote: I think FW are included. It is quite impossible to grow by one third in a year if it is not due to new rich people entrants into Singapore. Unless we have many households hanging around 900k last year. lol.
I can think of two possible reasons
One, it would include stocks which did have a big ramp up post crisis.
Second, change of measurement method. Just like with GDP or other estimates you will use sampling and it also matters how you measure it.