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Money Talk episodes

May 18, 2020 Business and Market Discussion / View from the mainland
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned yesterday that the US economy may not recover from the Covid-19 pandemic until the end of 2021. US industrial and retail activity plunged in April. Industrial production tumbled 11.2%, the steepest decl...
32 min
May 15, 2020 Business and Market Discussion / View from Australia
President Trump has warned that he could “cut off the whole relationship” with China, in the latest escalation of US tensions with China. He claimed that the country would save US$500 billion but didn’t explain what that figure represented or what ...
32 min
May 14, 2020 Business and Market Discussion / View from Taiwan
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has warned of long-term damage to the US economy from the Covid-19 pandemic and says more fiscal stimulus may be needed to counter its effects.
President Trump has accused wealthy investors of talking down the ...
32 min
May 13, 2020 Business and Market Discussion
President Trump has ordered the main US federal pension fund not to invest in Chinese stocks. The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board was preparing to shift the international component of its US$600 billion fund into the MSCI World ex-US inde...
32 min
May 12, 2020 Business and Market Discussion / Frontier Markets
The World Health Organization warned yesterday that countries which have relaxed lockdown measures have seen a spike in coronavirus cases. In China there has been a new outbreak in Wuhan. South Korea, Japan and Singapore also confirmed new cases of...
32 min
May 11, 2020 Business and Market Discussion / View from the mainland
Unemployment in the United States surged at an “historically unprecedented” pace according to the latest government non-farm payrolls report. 20.5 million jobs were lost in April, the biggest loss on record. The unemployment rate surged to 14.7%, the h...
32 min
May 08, 2020 Business and Market Discussion / View from Australia
A further 3.2 million Americans registered for unemployment benefits last week as the economic toll from the Covid-19 pandemic continues to mount. The new applications brought the total number of jobless claims over the last seven weeks to 33.3 millio...
32 min
May 07, 2020 Business and Market Discussion / View from Taiwan
Business activity in Hong Kong contracted further in April as restrictions put in place to combat the Covid-19 virus impacted sales and dampened business sentiment. The IHS Markit Hong Kong PMI rose to 36.9 in April from 34.9 in March.
Mainland Chi...
32 min
May 06, 2020 Business and Market Discussion
Hong Kong retail sales sank for the 14th consecutive month in March. Spending plunged 42% from a year ago in dollar terms to HK$23 billion. However, it was slightly less than the 44% registered in February.
Singapore retail sales fell at the fastest ...
32 min
May 05, 2020 Business and Market Discussion
Hong Kong’s economy has slumped by the most for a single quarter on record, contracting 8.9% year-on-year in the first three months of this year. The advance estimate released by the government shows the territory’s economy continues to slow from t...
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.