Traditional media companies continue to be faced with disruption. But with start-ups like BuzzFeed and Vice News closing its doors, is the trusted paper back in fashion or will we see consolidation. We check in with Jeffrey Tan, Analyst, RHB Research to talk about our Malaysian companies and recent corporate moves.

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JP Morgan played the white knight by rescuing First Republic Bank but is the end of the banking sector? Will there be a contagion effect and what happens if other regional banks fail. Joe Quinlan, Chief Market Strategist, US Trust-BOA Private Wealth Management tells us.

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U.S. economic growth decelerated to a 1.1% annual rate in the first quarter while inflation remains stubbornly high. Will this change the trajectory of the Fed Fund rate? Tim Waterer, Chief Market Analyst, KCM Trade tells us his expectations. We also try and understand why oil prices are falling.

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U.S. economic growth decelerated to a 1.1% annual rate in the first quarter while inflation remains stubbornly high. Will this change the trajectory of the Fed Fund rate? Tim Waterer, Chief Market Analyst, KCM Trade tells us his expectations. We also try and understand why oil prices are falling.

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First Republic shares tanked again on the back of fears that this troubled bank is heading for collapse. Tony Nash, CEO of Complete Intelligence gives us a view as to whether the worst is over for banks in the US. We also ask him why the recent results of technology companies like Meta, Microsoft and Alphabet were better than expected.

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There was a shift to safe haven US Treasuries after First Republic announced a potential asset sales, raising concerns that the banking crisis may not be over. Will there be a shift in monetary policies especially in Asia which are ahead of the Federal Reserve. Carlos Casanova, Senior Economist, UBP tells us.

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With 70% of US company results released beating market expectations, we ask Joe Quinlan, Chief Market Strategist, US Trust-BOA Private Wealth Management what kind of resiliency does this signal about corporate America.

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With the Monetary Authority of Singapore joining the camp of central banks that have opted to pause interest rate hikes, we speak to Geoff Howie, Market Strategist, Singapore Exchange whether the Singapore stock market can still outperform.

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With the Monetary Authority of Singapore joining the camp of central banks that have opted to pause interest rate hikes, we speak to Geoff Howie, Market Strategist, Singapore Exchange whether the Singapore stock market can still outperform.

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We review China's 1st quarter GDP figures of 4.1% with Vishnu Varathan, Head of Economics & Strategy at Mizuho Bank to find out if there is upside risk to the government's target of 5% for 2023. We also ask what is the state of the US economy with the conflicting macro data points.

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