1.   As speculation mounts that the Federal Reserve will soon raise interest rates to brake a speeding economy, are REITs headed from bad to worse?

2.   Consumer spending, which accounts for two-thirds of all economic activity, continues to be the locomotive of the speeding economy.

3.   Consumer spending, which accounts for two-thirds of all economic activity, has been powering the speeding economy.

4.   The federal reports show the speeding economy continues to be fueled by hardy consumer spending, yet aside from energy prices, inflation remains quiet.

5.   But Kang said the speeding economies of neighbours such as Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia put pressure on Singapore to keep in pace.

6.   Singapore joined the club of developed nations Monday amid relief that its speeding economy was starting to slow to a more sustainable pace.