SINGAPORE - Singapore's economy grew 4.1 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier, preliminary government data showed on Monday.

Economists polled by Reuters had expected annual growth of 3.8 percent in the July-September period.

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On a quarter-on-quarter seasonally adjusted basis, GDP expanded 2.1 percent from the second quarter, according to advance estimates from the trade ministry.