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November 19, 2019 Business and Market Discussions / View From Japan
Unemployment in Hong Kong has risen to the highest level in over 2 years. The seasonally adjusted rate was 3.1% in the three months to October 2019. The unemployment rate in the consumption and tourism-related sectors rose to 5.0%, the highest since th...
32 min
November 18, 2019 Business and Market Discussions / View From China
Hong Kong has confirmed it’s entered its first recession for a decade following six months of protests and unrest. The SAR’s economy contracted 3.2% in the third quarter compared with the second three months of the year, confirming earlier preliminary ...
32 min
November 15, 2019 Business and Market Discussions / View From Australia
The latest economic data from China shows an economy that is continuing to decelerate and weakness spreading across many sectors. Retail sales growth equalled the joint weakest in 16 years. Overall fixed-asset investment saw the weakest growth since 19...
32 min
November 14, 2019 Business and Market Discussions / AmCham Women of Influence Awards
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said he saw little reason to change interest rates next month despite coming under pressure from Donald Trump to cut them into negative territory. He told US lawmakers that current monetary policy was appropriate ...
32 min
November 13, 2019 Business and Market Discussions
Hong Kong police have warned that the city is “on the brink of total collapse” after a second day of transport chaos across Hong Kong yesterday and violent clashes between police and protestors. There was further disruption in the Central Business...
32 min
November 12, 2019 Business and Market Discussions
There was violence and chaos across Hong Kong yesterday as protesters disrupted the transportation network in support of a general strike and clashed with police. Teargas was fired in the central business district, a rarity during working hours. The ed...
32 min
November 11, 2019 Business and Market Discussions / View From China
Doubts are emerging over the US commitment to striking a trade deal with China over tariff rollbacks. On Saturday, President Trump described as “incorrect” reports about how much the US was ready to meet Beijing’s demands to remove existing tariffs on ...
32 min
November 08, 2019 Business and Market Discussions / Hong Kong FinTech Week
China’s Commerce Ministry said yesterday that US and Chinese trade negotiators have agreed to lift existing tariffs on each other’s goods in phases, with the amount of tariff relief in the first phase depending on the content of the agreement. US stock...
32 min
November 07, 2019 Business and Market Discussions / Singapore HealthTech Summit 2019
Reuters is reporting that the Phase 1 trade deal between China and the US could be delayed until December. Reports also suggest that the US has now been ruled out as a location for the signing, with Europe a more likely venue.
China’s state-owned fund...
32 min
November 06, 2019 Business and Market Discussions
Business activity in Hong Kong has slumped in October with the IHS Markit Hong Kong PMI dropping to 39.3, the lowest reading on record. New orders fell the most since January 2009 led by a record decline in new orders from mainland China.
The US trad...
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.