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April 16, 2020 Business and Market Discussion / Interview with Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, J
The latest economic data and corporate earnings from the US have highlighted the scale of the damage caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. US industrial output fell last month by the most in more than 70 years and there was a record 8.7% drop in retail sale...
32 min
April 15, 2020 Business and Market Discussion
The International Monetary Fund says the global economy will contract by 3% this year. The IMF described the global decline as the worst since the Great Depression of the 1930s, adding that the pandemic had plunged the world into a "crisis like no othe...
32 min
April 14, 2020 Business and Market Discussion / View from Japan
Top oil-producing countries agreed to a historic deal on Sunday which will cut oil production by 9.7 million barrels per day starting from May 1st. The reduction is equivalent to almost 10% of global supply.
Total social financing in China grew by 11....
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April 09, 2020 Business and Market Discussion / Oil markets
The Hong Kong government has announced a HK$137 billion package of measures to help businesses stay afloat and workers receive their salaries during the coronavirus pandemic. MTR fares will also come down and taxpayers will be allowed to put off payin...
32 min
April 08, 2020 Business and Market Discussion
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has declared a state of emergency in Tokyo and six other prefectures, accounting for half of Japan’s economic output, to contain the coronavirus. He also announced a record US$1 trillion stimulus package, equivalent t...
32 min
April 07, 2020 Business and Market Discussion / MPF performance
Singapore has announced its third stimulus packages in two months to counter the economic effect of the coronavirus pandemic. The latest measure, worth US$3.55 billion includes the government paying 75% of the first S$4,600 of all local workers’ month...
32 min
April 06, 2020 Business and Market Discussion / View from the mainland
Data released on Friday from around the world shows the coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns by governments have pushed the global economy into the sharpest downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930’s. IMF Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva s...
32 min
April 03, 2020 Business and Market Discussion / View from Australia
On today's MoneyTalk, we are joined by Francis Lun of GEO Securities and Quentin Webb from Wall Street Journal. Over the phone from Sydney with a view from Australia is Toby Lawson at Societe Generale.
32 min
April 02, 2020 Business and Market Discussion / View from Taiwan
Joining us on today's MoneyTalk are Kenny Wen, Wealth Management Strategist at Everbright Sun Hung Kai and Steve Wang, Senior Credit Analyst at CITIC CLSA. With the View from Taiwan is Ross Feingold, Taipei-based Political Risk Consultant.
32 min
April 01, 2020 Business and Market Discussion
On today's MoneyTalk, we are joined by Stewart Aldcroft, Chairman if CitiTrust and John Marrett, Analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit. On the phone from Washington D.C. is RTHK's International Economics Correspondent Barry Wood.
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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.