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November 05, 2019 Business and Market Discussions / Hong Kong Property Market
Global stocks have hit new record highs as optimism on trade talks and central bank easing across the world helped the MSCI World Index to a fresh record. In the US, better than expected third quarter earnings and Friday’s data showing solid jobs growt...
32 min
November 04, 2019 Business and Market Discussions / View From China
Saudi Arabia has launched its initial public offering for state-owned oil giant Saudi Aramco, with a domestic listing on the Riyadh Stock Exchange in December. The size of the offering and price won’t be known until the end of the book building period....
32 min
November 01, 2019 Business and Market Discussions / Women on Boards
Hong Kong’s economy has sunk into recession for the first time in a decade following more than four months of protests across the territory. GDP contracted 3.2% in the three months to September, far worse than the expected 0.6% fall.
China is said to ...
32 min
October 31, 2019 Business and Market Discussions / View From Taiwan
The US Federal Reserve has cut interest rates by 25bps to a range of 1.5% to 1.75%, as expected. The FOMC indicated that there would be a pause in rate cuts unless the economic outlook materially changes. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said there would be ...
32 min
October 30, 2019 Business and Market Discussions
UK MPs have approved Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan to hold a general election on Thursday 12 December by 438 votes to 20. The motion was passed after the EU agreed to extend Brexit until 31 January 2020.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam sai...
32 min
October 29, 2019 Business and Market Discussions / View From Japan
The EU has agreed to extend Brexit until 31 January 2020. The bloc will allow for a so-called "flextension", meaning the UK could leave before the deadline if a deal was approved by Parliament. However, MPs have rejected a proposal by UK Prime Minister...
32 min
October 28, 2019 Business and Market Discussions
Following the 21st consecutive weekend of protests, Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan has warned that the territory is heading towards a full year of negative growth. Mr. Chan said that while the government had rolled out various measures to help...
32 min
October 25, 2019 Business and Market Discussions / View From Australia
In Mario Draghi's last monetary policy meeting as president of the European Central Bank, its members have voted to leave interest rates unchanged at minus 0.5%. The ECB also confirmed that its bond buying programme will start at €20bn a month from 1 N...
32 min
October 24, 2019 Business and Market Discussions / View From Taiwan
The Hong Kong government has unveiled a HK$100mln "cash incentive scheme" to help the ailing tourism sector. The number of tourists visiting Hong Kong has been falling following four months of protests and there are also fewer locals going overseas for...
32 min
October 23, 2019 Business and Market Discussions
The Financial Times is reporting that the Chinese government is drawing up plans to replace Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam with an interim leader following four months of violent protests against her administration. The FT says her successor woul...
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.