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Money Talk episodes

March 22, 2021 Business and Market Discussion / View from Mainland China
The first talks between President Joe Biden's administration and China were "tough and direct" but found some areas where their interests coincided, US diplomats said after their meetings in Anchorage, Alaska ended on Friday. But there appeared to be n...
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March 19, 2021 Business and Market Discussion / View from India
Initial jobless claims in the US unexpectedly rose last month. There were 770,000 new applications for unemployment benefits, up from 725,000 the previous week. 18.2 million people are currently claiming some form of federal or state aid.
The Bank of...
32 min
March 18, 2021 Business and Market Discussion / View from Taiwan
The Federal Reserve has substantially revised upwards its forecast for US economic growth but despite that says it doesn’t expect to raise interest rates until at least 2024. The FOMC voted to keep the benchmark federal funds rate on hold in a range f...
32 min
March 17, 2021 Business and Market Discussion
Hong Kong's unemployment rate has risen to its highest level since 2004. The jobless rate for the three months ending February reached 7.2%, up from 7% in the November to January period. In the consumption- and tourism-related sectors the rate stood a...
32 min
March 16, 2021 Business and Market Discussion / View from South Korea
China’s retail sales rose 33.8% y/y in the combined figures for January and February and beat estimates of 32%. That compares to growth of 4.6% in December. China’s industrial production rose 35.1% y/y in the January and February period, up from a gro...
32 min
March 15, 2021 Business and Market Discussion / View from Mainland China
US government bonds suffered another steep selloff on Friday sending long-term borrowing costs to the highest level since last February. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note jumped 10bps to 1.63%. The volatility in the Treasury bond market halted th...
32 min
March 12, 2021 Business and Market Discussion / View from India
The European Central Bank has left its deposit rate at minus 0.5%, but announced that bond purchases under its €1.85tn pandemic emergency purchase programme would be “conducted at a significantly higher pace” in the coming quarter.
The Wall Street Jou...
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March 11, 2021 Business and Market Discussion / Hong Kong Tourism Industry
Good morning. The US House of Representatives has passed the US$1.9tn economic stimulus package. President Biden hopes to sign the bill into law on Friday. The measures include one-off direct payments worth US$1,400 to for most Americans and an extens...
32 min
March 10, 2021 Business and Market Discussion
The OECD has upgraded its forecast for global economic growth and said yesterday that President Biden’s $1.9tn stimulus programme will add about 1% to global growth. As a result, the OECD forecasts that the global economy will expand by 5.6% this year...
32 min
March 09, 2021 Business and Market Discussion / View from Japan
The rotation out of tech stocks has continued. On Wall Street overnight, the S&P 500 erased a gain of 1% to close 0.5% lower at 3,821. The NASDAQ Composite Index fell 2.4% and is now down more than 10% from its recent high and in correction territory....
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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.