GIC is more upbeat with the US economy than the Americans - Tony Tan

Reuters, 6 Mar 2011The head of Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, which has more than one-third of its holdings in the United States, says Americans are being too downbeat about the U.S. economy, according to an interview with the Wall Street Journal.Tony Tan Keng Yam, executive director of the Government of Singapore Investment Corp, said, Americans "don't see the potential in their own economy,