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As Canada’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate protests have rippled across the globe, Prime Time’s Rachel Kelly and Shehzad Haque speak to Cedric Chehab, Global Head of Country Risk at Fitch Solutions who shares his analysis on what it means for impacted economies and trade flows.

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With markets adjusting to the prospect of rising interest rates from the Federal Reserve, the question is how quickly might the US Central Bank move? According to UOB's Head of Market Strategy, Heng Koon How, they're expecting the Fed to act fast and pull the trigger on a larger 50 basis point hike next month. He spoke to JP Ong on Prime Time about what this might mean for market volatility, and his thoughts on signs of the Treasury yield curve flattening, the path forward for Asian central banks including Singapore's MAS, and what recent Russia-Ukraine tensions mean for markets grappling with even more uncertainty.

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With Budget 2022 just days away, watchers say some form of wealth tax looks to be on the cards and believe it is likely to be related to property. On Powering Your Property, Prime Time’s Rachel Kelly and Shehzad Haque speak to Nicholas Mak, Head of Research & Consultancy, ERA Real Estate who shares what this might mean for the property sector.

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Parliament was in session today, with The Flight Information Region Agreement between Singapore and Indonesia, and also the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore Bill on the agenda.

Prime Time's Rachel Kelly speaks to Zakir Hussain, Singapore Editor, The Straits Times who shares the latest, and gives a preview of what we can expect from the Workers' Party when they  expressing their views on Parliament's COP.

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In The Spotlight, Prime Time's Rachel Kelly spoke to Ruth Carson, Senior Currency Reporter at Bloomberg for an update on the US dollar, inflation rates, and the impact of rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine on currency markets.

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