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Money Talk episodes

January 10, 2019 Business and Market Discussions / Technology
The minutes of the December FOMC meeting show the Fed can “afford to be patient” about future rate hikes. The Fed raised rates by 25bps in December but signalled that the extent and timing of future rises was less clear. According to the minutes, polic...
29 min
January 09, 2019 Business and Market Discussions
China and the US will continue their trade talks taking place in Beijing into today. The talks were scheduled to last two days and end yesterday. No reasons were given for the extension, but President Trump tweeted overnight that talks with China ...
29 min
January 08, 2019 Business and Market Discussions / View from Japan
Trade talks between representatives from the US and China continue today in Beijing to try and avoid further tariffs kicking in after the 90-day truce agreed between President Trump and Xi Jinping ends on March 1. A spokesman for China's Foreign Minist...
29 min
January 07, 2019 Business and Market Discussions / Airbnb : Sharing Economy / View from China
A market friendly speech by Fed Chairman Jerome Powell sent US stocks surging on Friday. Mr. Powell said central-bank policy is flexible and officials are “listening carefully” to the financial markets. Adding to the newfound optimism was a stellar job...
29 min
January 04, 2019 Business and Market Discussions / View from Australia
US stocks have closed sharply lower after weak economic data from the US and a profits warning from Apple sparked fears about a global economic slowdown. The latest ISM survey data showed manufacturing activity in the US hit its lowest point in more...
29 min
January 03, 2019 Business and Market Discussions / View from Taiwan
Manufacturing gauges around the world declined at the end of last year. The global manufacturing index fell in December to the lowest level since September 2016. In China, private sector manufacturing contracted for the first time since May 2017. Ac...
29 min
January 02, 2019 Business and Market Discussions
US stocks were given a boost on the final day of trading last year following a tweet by President Trump, citing “big progress” in trade talks with President Xi Jinping after the two spoke by phone over the weekend. China’s foreign ministry said Bei...
29 min
December 31, 2018 Year-End Review 2018
Richard Harris sits in for Peter Lewis on the final Money Talk of 2018 on Monday.
Joining him to forecast what 2019 could hold in store in the business and financial world is Khiem Do, Head of Greater China Investments, Global Markets at Barings A...
29 min
December 28, 2018 Year-End Review 2018
US stocks went on another wild ride overnight and erased steep losses to close higher. The latest bout of volatility was triggered by a sharp fall in US consumer confidence.
Exports from Hong Kong fell 0.8% year-on-year in November, as the trade war...
29 min
December 27, 2018 Year-End Review 2018
US stocks have been on a wild ride over Christmas suffering their worst Christmas Eve of trading on record and then seeing their biggest post-Christmas rally ever on Boxing Day. The S&P 500 index briefly fell into a bear market.
The sharp falls spr...
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.