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July 27, 2022 Business and Market Discussion
The International Monetary Fund has cut its global growth forecast and says the world economy is teetering on the brink of recession. The IMF has cut its 2022 global growth forecast to just 3.2%, down 0.4 percentage points from its April estimate and ...
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July 26, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / View from Japan
China will set up a dedicated real estate investment fund to help support the country’s heavily indebted property sector. Financial news outlet REDD reported yesterday that China’s state council last week passed a plan to establish a real estate fund ...
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July 25, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / View from mainland China
Disappointing business surveys from both sides of the Atlantic, released Friday, show activity unexpectedly contracting across the US and eurozone for the first time in more than two years, and adding to fears that some of the world’s largest economie...
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July 22, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / View from India
The European Central Bank has raised interest rates for the first time in 11 years. The ECB’s deposit rate facility was raised from minus 0.5% to zero, to try and tame inflation in the eurozone which is at a record high of 8.6%, more than four times t...
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July 21, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / Hong Kong labour market trends
Premier Li Keqiang said China will focus its efforts on stabilising employment and consumer prices, adding that it was “acceptable” to face a slower rate of economic growth. He said, “we won’t resort to super large stimulus or excessive money printing...
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July 20, 2022 Money Talk
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July 19, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / View from Japan
China’s banking regulator, the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBRC), has provided new guidance to banks asking them to provide credit to eligible developers so they can complete unfinished residential properties. Banks were also as...
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July 18, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / View from mainland China
China’s economy narrowly escaped falling into contraction in the second quarter of 2022, hit by Covid related lockdowns and a collapsing property market. GDP rose just 0.4% from a year earlier, down from an expansion of 4.8% in the first quarter and m...
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July 15, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / View from India
New data released Thursday showed US producer prices rose 11.3% in June, as inflation continued to soar. This was higher than the 10.9% annual gain seen in May and above economists’ expectations for a slight decline to 10.7%. It was also the second-hi...
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July 14, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / View from Taiwan
Inflation in the United States has surged to its highest level in over 40 years. The rate of consumer price rises hit 9.1% in the 12 months to June from 8.6% in May. Inflation increased by 1.3% from May alone. The rate of inflation in the US is now th...
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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.