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Money Talk episodes

June 04, 2021 Business and Market Discussion / View from India
President Joe Biden has signed an executive order banning investments in 59 Chinese companies, including smartphone maker Huawei and chipmaker SMIC. The order targets companies in the Chinese defence and surveillance technology sector so that American...
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June 03, 2021 Business and Market Discussion / Asian frontier markets
China’s economic chief Liu He held a virtual meeting with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday morning, according to Xinhua. The news agency said they had “candid” exchanges on issues of concern including the macro-economic situation, as we...
32 min
June 02, 2021 Business and Market Discussion
Retail sales in Hong Kong grew 12.1% y/y in April, well below the revised pace of 20.2% seen the previous month, and the 30% jump in February, according to provisional figures from the Census and Statistics Department. The value of retail sales decrea...
32 min
June 01, 2021 Business and Market Discussion / View from Japan
China has announced that married couples may have up to three children, a major policy shift from the existing limit of two after recent data showed a dramatic decline in births in the world's most populous country. The change was approved during a po...
32 min
May 31, 2021 Business and Market Discussion / Outlook for China's banks / View from mainland China
A key gauge of inflation in the United States has hit its highest level since 1992. The Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation, core personal consumption expenditure, excluding volatile food and energy costs, hit 3.1% in April from a year ag...
32 min
May 28, 2021 Business and Market Discussion / View from India
The National Bureau of Statistics said yesterday that industrial profits in China soared 57% year-on-year in April, but that was a sharp slowdown from the 92.3% jump seen in March because of higher commodity prices and lower profits in the consumer go...
32 min
May 27, 2021 Business and Market Discussion / View from Taiwan
A small activist hedge fund called Engine No 1 has succeeded in getting at least two candidates elected to the board of oil giant Exxon. The investor, which has a 0.02% stake in Exxon, says the company faces “existential risk” because of its focus on ...
32 min
May 26, 2021 Business and Market Discussion
A coalition of 28 US business groups has joined forces to oppose tax increases proposed by the Biden Administration. The US government is proposing a global minimum corporation tax as well as tax increases to pay for US$2.3tn of infrastructure spendin...
32 min
May 25, 2021 Business and Market Discussion / View from Japan
The price of some major commodities extended their decline on Monday after five Chinese government departments and regulators summoned major companies in the iron ore, steel, copper and aluminium sectors, urging them to maintain price stability in the...
32 min
May 24, 2021 Business and Market Discussion / 2021 Hong Kong LGBT+ Inclusion Index results
Cryptocurrencies ended a volatile week with a renewed dive on Friday and further falls over the weekend. Friday saw as much as 12% wiped off the value of Bitcoin, 20% from Ethereum and 18% from Dogecoin. Bitcoin fell a further 7% on Sunday.
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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.