Money Talk

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Money Talk episodes

August 24, 2022 Business and Market Discussion
Business activity in the US, Europe, Japan and Australia fell in August, according to new surveys, pointing to a sharp slowdown in global economic growth. Activity around the world is being hit by surging oil and gas prices, rampant inflation which is...
32 min
August 23, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / View from Japan
China has cut its benchmark lending rates, adding to easing measures announced last week, as Beijing steps up efforts to spur credit demand in an economy hobbled by a property crisis and a resurgence of Covid infections. The one-year loan prime rate (...
32 min
August 22, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / View from mainland China
Indonesia’s president Joko Widodo confirmed Friday that Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin will attend the G20 meeting in Bali in November, despite Western pressure for the Russian leader not to be invited. The White House said Friday that Ukrainian Presid...
32 min
August 19, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / View from India
The US and Taiwan have started talks aimed at reaching a bilateral trade agreement. The negotiations will cover agriculture and technology among 11 trade sectors in the negotiating mandate. Negotiators have been told to discuss agriculture practices an...
32 min
August 18, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / Hong Kong Summit 2022
The minutes of the Federal Reserve's July Monetary Policy Meeting report that policymakers see interest rate increases continuing until inflation eases substantially. Fed officials discussed the need to keep interest rates at levels that restrict the ...
32 min
August 17, 2022 Business and Market Discussion
Chinese state-owned groups could guarantee the renminbi bonds of troubled property developers, easing some of their financing woes. Yesterday, online financial news platform REDD said Chinese regulators plan to provide liquidity support to five or six...
32 min
August 16, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / View from Japan
China has unexpectedly cut key interest rates as the latest economic data showed an alarming slowdown in the economy. The People’s Bank of China cut both the 1-year Medium Term Lending Facility and 7-day reverse repo rates. 1-year MLF loan rates were ...
32 min
August 15, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / View from mainland China
The Hong Kong government has revised down its forecast for economic growth in the territory for the second time in the past three months and is now predicting a possible contraction for the third time since 2019, as the city grapples with Covid restri...
32 min
August 12, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / View from India
US producer prices dropped sharply in July because of a steep plunge in energy costs. The producer price index, which tracks the prices that businesses receive for their goods and services, declined 0.5% in July from a month earlier, the first negativ...
32 min
August 11, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / View from Taiwan
Inflation in the United States eased in July as petrol prices and airfares dropped. Consumer prices in the US rose 8.5% year-on-year in July, a slower increase than the 40-year high of 9.1% seen in June and below economists’ forecasts of 8.7%. On a mo...
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A fast moving and topical business and finance show bringing you breaking business and economic news and financial market updates. Join our team and their expert guests for analysis and discussion on the day's top business stories live every weekday morning 8.05am to 9am (HKT) on RTHK Radio 3.