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March 28, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / View from mainland China
China’s National Health Commission reported on Sunday 5,550 new local Covid-19 cases across China. New infections in Shanghai continued to climb on Sunday hitting 2,678. In a surprise U-turn, city officials in Shanghai announced that they'll hold sepa...
32 min
March 25, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / Hong Kong’s job situation
Nearly half of the European companies in Hong Kong plan to fully or partially relocate operations and staff out of the city, a new survey revealed yesterday. The European Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong reported that 25% of responding companies said ...
32 min
March 24, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / Renewable energy targets in Asia
The number of new coronavirus cases in Hong Kong eased further on Wednesday with authorities reporting 12,240 new Covid cases.More than 1.07 million people have been confirmed with Covid and a total of 6,356 people have died in the latest wave of infe...
32 min
March 23, 2022 Business and Market Discussion
US President Joe Biden plans to announce a new sanctions package against Russia during his trip to Brussels and Warsaw which starts today. President Biden will visit the Belgian capital, where NATO and the European Union have their headquarters, to hol...
32 min
March 22, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / View from Japan
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said Monday that the SAR will keep most Covid-19 measures in place until April 20 but then start a phased wind down of restrictions. The flight ban from nine countries including the US, UK and Australia, will be lif...
32 min
March 21, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / US Economy
A two-hour call Friday between US President Joe Biden and President Xi Jinping failed to resolve their differences over the war in Ukraine. President Biden warned China not to provide Russia with military equipment while President Xi criticised the “s...
32 min
March 18, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / HK Economic situation
Hong Kong's unemployment rate for the three-month period ending in February has risen to 4.5%, the highest since September 2021. The latest figure marks a substantial jump from the 3.9% logged over the previous three months. The Census and Statistics ...
32 min
March 17, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / View from Taiwan
The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates for the first time since 2018 to combat surging consumer price inflation, which hit a 40-year high of 7.9% in February, far above the Fed’s 2% target. The US central bank said it was lifting its benchmark r...
32 min
March 16, 2022 Business and Market Discussion
Hong Kong stocks closed sharply lower on Tuesday following the previous day’s massive sell-off. About US$4.5 trillion has now been wiped from the value of mainland Chinese and Hong Kong shares, since the peak last year. The Hang Seng Index tumbled 1,1...
32 min
March 15, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / View from Japan
Hong Kong stocks plummeted by the most in 22 months on Monday as the Omicron variant continues to spread across the city and over the border in Shenzhen and amid further restrictions on the technology sector from Beijing. The Hang Seng Index tumbled 5%...
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.