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February 11, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / View from India
Hong Kong on Thursday reported another 986 Covid-19 infections, all but one of them locally transmitted. There were also around 800 preliminary positive cases.
The CEO of the Mandarin Oriental hotel group, which is majority owned by Jardine Matheson,...
32 min
February 10, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / US-China trade
Fitch Ratings has cut in half Hong Kong’s 2022 growth forecast because of the government’s decision to further tighten social distancing measures. Fitch revised its 2022 GDP growth forecast for the territory to 1.5%, down from 3.0% previously. The revi...
32 min
February 09, 2022 Business and Market Discussion
Hong Kong’s Employment Ordinance is to be amended to “avoid labour disputes” caused by anti-epidemic efforts, after the SAR reported a record 625 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday. If employers fire staff for absences due to compulsory test orders or lock...
32 min
February 08, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / View from Japan
China’s private services industry grew at the slowest pace in five months. The Caixin/Markit services PMI index fell to 51.4 in January from 53.1 in December, the weakest reading since August as a surge in Covid-19 cases and curbs on social gathering h...
32 min
February 07, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / View from mainland China
Financial Secretary Paul Chan said on Sunday Hong Kong has to contain the latest Covid-19 outbreaks as quickly as possible in order to stabilise and support the economy. He said the outbreaks have once again dealt a serious blow to the economy, and mo...
32 min
February 04, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / View From India
The Bank of England has raised interest rates for the second time in three months to try and tame inflation which is at its highest level in more than 30 years. The UK central bank hiked rates by 25bps to 0.5% and the BoE warned that price rises could...
32 min
January 31, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / View from mainland China
Good morning. The Hong Kong economy grew by 6.4% in 2021, ending two years of contraction, according to advance estimates by the government. Fourth quarter economic growth reached 4.8%, down from a 5.5% increase in the July to September period. A gove...
32 min
January 28, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / View From India
The US economy grew at its fastest pace in 38 years in 2021. Official figures from the Commerce Department showed the economy grew by 5.7%, its best performance since 1984 and surging past economists’ forecasts of 5.5% growth. The previous year, GDP c...
32 min
January 27, 2022 Business and Market Discussion / Fed’s monetary policy decision
The US Federal Reserve left interest rates on hold at the end of its two-day monetary policy meeting but said, “the committee is of a mind to raise the federal funds rate at the March meeting assuming that conditions are appropriate for doing so.” It ...
32 min
January 26, 2022 Business and Market Discussion
US stocks made another stunning comeback on Tuesday for the second day in a row as the major indices pared big losses late in the trading session. The Dow was down over 800 points in the morning session before recovering to close 67 points lower at 34,...
32 min

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