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May 06, 2021 Business and Market Discussion / Cryptocurrencies and decentralized finance
The private sector in Hong Kong continued to expand in April. The IHS Markit PMI dropped slightly to 50.3 in April from 50.5 a month earlier but remains above the 50-point level that separates expansion from contraction. Business confidence improved t...
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May 05, 2021 Business and Market Discussion
Retail sales in Hong Kong fell short of expectations, rising 20.1% year-on-year in March. Economists had been expecting a rise of 34%, an improvement on the 30% growth seen in February. Sales, which were provisionally estimated at HK$27.6 billion, hav...
32 min
May 04, 2021 Business and Market Discussion / View from Japan
Hong Kong’s economy rebounded sharply in the first quarter, after declining for a record six quarters, posting year-on-year growth of 7.8% growth. That was the fastest pace in 11 years. The quarter-on-quarter expansion reached 5.3%, well above economi...
32 min
May 03, 2021 Business and Market Discussion / View from mainland China
The latest official PMI data from China showed business sentiment down more than expected and suggests that the rebound in the mainland economy may be slowing. China's official manufacturing PMI for April came in at 51.1, compared to expectations of 5...
32 min
April 30, 2021 Business and Market Discussion / View from India
The US economic rebound accelerated in the first quarter. GDP grew by a better-than-expected annualised rate of 6.4%, up from 4.3% in the final three months of 2020, the quickest first quarter growth since 1984. Economic growth received a boost from m...
32 min
April 29, 2021 Business and Market Discussion / View from Taiwan
The US Federal Reserve has left interest rates and its bond buying programme unchanged despite revising up the outlook for growth and inflation. In a unanimous decision, it held the federal funds rate at its target range between 0 and 0.25% and said i...
32 min
April 28, 2021 Business and Market Discussion
Hong Kong diners will be asked to prove that they have been vaccinated when entering restaurants that have been allowed to stay open until 2am, the government said on Tuesday, as it announced the reopening of pubs and clubs as part of relaxed social d...
32 min
April 27, 2021 Business and Market Discussion / View from Japan
Hong Kong and Singapore announced yesterday that the long-awaited “travel bubble” will start on May 26 at the earliest, following the easing of the coronavirus situation in the two places. Under the agreement, residents will be allowed to travel betwe...
32 min
April 26, 2021 Business and Market Discussion / View from mainland China
President Joe Biden’s plans to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans has been met with a chorus of disapproval from US investors. The proposals include a doubling of capital gains tax for people earning more than US$1m, to fund large increases in edu...
32 min
April 23, 2021 Business and Market Discussion / View from India
President Biden has pledged the US will halve its carbon emissions by the end of the decade. Speaking at the virtual climate summit, to coincide with Earth Day, the President said we are in a "decisive decade" for tackling climate change as other coun...
32 min

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