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In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's plan to remove central bank's efforts to boost the economy as it battles escalating inflation pressures, Singapore's pause on the relaxation of social measures, and more. 

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In this week's Regional Roundup, Leslie Lopez, Regional Correspondent, Straits Times gives an analysis of Singapore and Malaysia's expansion of the land Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) scheme to include general travelers from the middle of December, Malaysia's suggestion to revive the High Speed Rail link, Philippines' biggest ever vaccination campaign, and more. 

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China Perspective Ep 22: Impact of China's Covid-zero policy on new Omicron variant

7:28 mins

Synopsis: Every week, The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in China.

The Straits Times' China bureau chief Tan Dawn Wei chats with Money FM 89.3's Elliot Danker and Bharati Jagdish.

0:00 Highlights of conversation (click/tap above):

0:35 US puts more Chinese companies on its restricted trade list adding to US-China tensions

2:17 The implications of China targeting a large corporate donor to Taiwanese political election campaigns, encouraging Taiwan to declare independence

4:30 Impact of China's Covid-zero policy on new Omicron variant

Produced by: Tan Dawn Wei ([email protected]), The Breakfast Huddle, Money FM 89.3 & Fa'izah Sani

Edited by: Dan Koh

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Vasu Menon, Executive Director, Investment Strategy, OCBC Bank discusses how the emergence of the omicron strain is complicating monetary policy, and how investors should ride out the volatility.

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Industrial cybersecurity company, Claroty, has opened a regional headquarters office in Singapore – after doubling its client base and achieving 250 percent growth in revenue year-over-year from the first half (1H) of 2020 to 1H 2021. Vijay Vaidyanathan, Regional Vice-President,  Solutions Engineering, Claroty APJ, shares the company's role in helping businesses with their Operational Technology (OT) security, along with their expansion plans in APAC.

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Western Union Business Solutions recently launched a report titled “Are you Ready for 2022?”, where it forecasts eight major market themes that might have an impact on market recover next year. Steven Dooley, Currency Strategist, APAC, Western Union Business Solutions discusses the importance of each theme, along with whether the Omicron variant will affect markets and their recovery for the year 2022.

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