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US markets waited anxiously to find out who President Biden would pick as US Federal Reserve chair, and investors got their answer as Biden nominated Jerome Powell for a second term. The other candidate up for the role was Governor Lael Brainard, who was selected as Vice Chair. Prime Time's Rachel Kelly speaks to Thomas Costerg, Senior US Economist, Pictet Wealth Management who shares his analysis on the decision.

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In The Spotlight, Rachel Kelly and Timothy Go spoke to Robert Hugh-Jones, Editor, BBC about a fascinating original carpet from China’s Ming dynasty goes under the hammer in Paris this week. We get the latest on this and other headlines he is tracking. 

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In the Straits Times’ The Big Story, assistant video editor Olivia Quay spoke to Keith Chua, vice president of the Restaurant Association of Singapore about his members' reaction to the easing of Covid-19 measures to allow up to five fully vaccinated people from different households to dine together at restaurants and eateries.

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FIdelity International has released its 2022 Outlook for Markets, where they acknowledged growing uncertainty from monetary policy, but nevertheless, that stocks will stick a soft landing in the year ahead. Ian Samson, Portfolio Manager at Fidelity, joined us on Prime Time to discuss what the group's expecting in the year ahead.

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Bernard Lim speaks to Shaun Tan, Director, Dreamcore, one of the nominees for this year’s OCBC Emerging Enterprise Awards 2021. This year, the awards recognize small and medium-sized enterprises that demonstrate innovation, resilience, and sustainability despite going through tough circumstances.

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