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Money Talk episodes

May 30, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / View from mainland China
Financial Secretary, Paul Chan, warned yesterday that Hong Kong must be prepared for geopolitical risks. He said that the world was “undergoing major changes unseen in a century, and the geopolitical situation continues to be tense. As a fully open int...
32 min
May 27, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / Community Business awards
32 min
May 26, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / View from India
The minutes of the Federal Reserve’s May meeting show policymakers debating the need for more rate hikes than currently anticipated. Fed officials discussed making multiple 50bps rate increases at the next several meetings to tackle surging inflation....
32 min
May 25, 2022 Business and Market Discussion
China’s State Council has announced 33 new measures to try and boost economic growth and support businesses in the face of coronavirus lockdowns across the country. The plan includes value-added tax rebates for more industries, aid to companies that h...
32 min
May 24, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / View from Japan
US President Joe Biden continued Monday his first Asian tour since becoming president that has taken him to South Korea and Japan. Stability on the Taiwan Strait was among the regional topics discussed by President Biden and Japan PM Fumio Kishida dur...
32 min
May 23, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / View from mainland China
China has cut a key lending rate by the most on record China’s to boost the slumping economy. The five-year loan prime rate, which is linked to household mortgage rates, was cut from 4.6% to 4.45%, the People’s Bank of China said on Friday. It is the ...
32 min
May 20, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / HBSC break up
Hong Kong’s jobless rate rose to a 10-month high of 5.4% in the February to April period, up from 5% in the January-to-March period. The rolling three month period saw unemployment increase 0.4 percentage points, with about 206,100 people out of work....
32 min
May 19, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / View from Taiwan
China’s new home prices dropped for the eighth consecutive month in April. China’s National Bureau of Statistics reported Tuesday that among the 70 major Chinese cities, 47 cities saw new home prices decline m/m in April, compared to 38 in March, whil...
32 min
May 18, 2022 Business and Market Discussion
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Tuesday that the US central bank wants to see economic growth slowing and "clear" evidence of inflation decelerating before ending monetary tightening. He said if we don't see that, then we'll have to consi...
32 min
May 17, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / View from Japan
China’s economy contracted sharply in April, as lockdowns, particularly in Shanghai, depressed business and manufacturing activity and prevented consumers from spending. Industrial output experienced only the second monthly contraction since 1990. Ret...
32 min

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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.