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September 20, 2019 Business and Market Discussions / Latest on Oil
The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Norman Chan, warned yesterday that the Hong Kong economy faces additional headwinds because of three months of protests and predicted that the territory’s economy contracted in the third quarter....
29 min
September 19, 2019 Business and Market Discussions / View from Taiwan
The US Federal Reserve has cut interest rates by 25bps as anticipated but the FOMC is divided on further action later this year. President Trump criticised the decision tweeting that the Fed had shown “no guts, no sense and no vision.” The Hong Kong Mo...
29 min
September 18, 2019 Business and Market Discussions
The price of oil has dropped 5% just a day after its historic 15% surge on Monday. Saudi Arabia’s energy minister said oil production will be fully back online by the end of September. State-run producer Saudi Aramco said the drone attacks had reduced ...
29 min
September 17, 2019 Business and Market Discussions / View from Japan
Oil prices have surged following the drone attack on two Saudi Arabian oil facilities over the weekend, which have halved the kingdom’s oil producing capabilities and knocked out more than 5% of the world’s supply. Brent crude oil jumped 20% at one ...
29 min
September 16, 2019 Business and Market Discussions / View from China
Two major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, including the world's largest, have been hit in a drone attack. The attacks have reduced Saudi’s crude oil production by 5.7 million barrels a day, about half the kingdom's output. Saudi Arabia produces 10% of...
29 min
September 13, 2019 Business & Market Discussions / View from Australia
The European Central Bank has announced its biggest package of monetary stimulus in three years. In Mario Draghi’s last meeting as President of the central bank, the ECB cut its deposit rate by 10bps to minus 50bps and restarted quantitative easing...
29 min
September 12, 2019 Business and Market Discussions / View from South Korea
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing has made a surprise £32bn bid to purchase the London Stock Exchange Group. The merger offer amounts to a 23% premium to the LSE's closing price on Tuesday. However, HKEX said the offer is only valid if LSE abandons i...
29 min
September 11, 2019 Business and Market Discussions / View from US
New European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, has unveiled her new executive team. Irishman Phil Hogan has been named as the EU's new trade commissioner and will be the bloc’s chief trade negotiator. Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s competition...
29 min
September 10, 2019 Business and Market Discussions / Fitch Ratings
Fitch Ratings has cut its global growth forecast saying protectionism is choking the global economy. Fitch says growth in China in 2020 will be 0.3% lower than previously forecast, slipping to 5.7%.
Hong Kong’s richest man Li-Ka Shing yesterday desc...
29 min
September 09, 2019 Business and Market Discussions / View from China
Chinese exports unexpectedly fell in August with the trade war leading to a sharp 16% slowdown in shipments to the US. Imports from the US slumped over 22%.

Jobs growth in the US slowed more than expected in August with 130,000 new jobs created l...
29 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.