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March 13, 2019 Business and Market Discussions
UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal has been defeated once again in the House of Commons by 391 votes to 242, a majority of 149. The humiliating setback came despite securing what she described as “legally binding changes” from the EU to ensure...
29 min
March 12, 2019 Business and Market Discussions / View from Japan
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange and MSCI have signed an agreement to launch MSCI China A-Share Index Futures denominated in yuan. HKEX chief executive, Charles Li, said in a statement, “this new agreement with MSCI will facilitate the development of a key...
29 min
March 11, 2019 Business and Market Discussions / View from China
A series of disappointing economic data on Friday has intensified worries about a faltering global economy. In the US, jobs growth slowed by the most in over a year and a half coming almost to a standstill in February. Just 20,000 new jobs were created...
29 min
March 08, 2019 Business and Market Discussions / Women on Boards HK Report 2019 / View from Australia
The European Central Bank has left interest rates on hold at minus 0.4% and said it will not raise them until next year at the earliest after sharply revising lower its forecasts for economic growth and inflation in the Eurozone. GDP was confirmed yest...
29 min
March 07, 2019 Business and Market Discussions / Artificial Intelligence
The US trade deficit has hit a ten-year high of US$621 billion despite Donald Trump’s efforts to reduce it. The trade deficit with China widened last year by $43.6bn to $419.2bn.
The OECD has cut its 2019 global economic growth forecast to 3.3% down f...
29 min
March 06, 2019 Business and Market Discussions
The 13th National People’s Congress commenced in Beijing yesterday, with Premier Li Keqiang warning that the economy faces a “tough struggle.” He lowered China’s 2019 economic growth forecast to between 6% and 6.5% and announced the biggest tax-cut pac...
29 min
March 05, 2019 Money Talk Special Edition : Live Broadcast @ AmCham's APCAC Business Summit 2019
Today’s Money Talk was live from the Asia Pacific Council of American Chambers Business Summit 2019, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Wanchai. Joining the programme, to discuss opportunities for American businesses in Asia along with the ongoing geopolitica...
29 min
March 04, 2019 Business and Market Discussions / View from China
The Wall street Journal is reporting that the US and China are close to a trade deal that could see the lifting of US tariffs on Chinese goods. Over the weekend, President Trump tweeted that he had asked China to immediately remove all tariffs on US ag...
29 min
February 28, 2019 Budget Review / German Consul General : Dieter Lamlé
Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary Paul Chan unveiled a cautious budget yesterday with some modest relief for salary earners and SMEs, after announcing a fiscal surplus this year of HK$58.7bn, well down on last year’s record breaking HK$149bn. Mr. Chan al...
29 min
February 27, 2019 Business and Market Discussions
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has testified before the US Senate Banking Committee warning that rising federal government debt is on an unsustainable path. He said, “the idea that deficits don’t matter for countries that can borrow in their ow...
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.