Your Way Home with Hongbin Jeong

The Federal Reserve is widely expected to lay out plans to begin tapering its massive bond buying program, as central banks across the world also start withdrawing support extended during the COVID-19 pandemic. Could this lead to higher volatility in the markets? Nikolaj Schmidt, T Rowe Price's Chief International Economist, joined us on Prime Time to preview the Fed's decision, and why the Treasury's own tapering of fiscal spending matters as well.

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In The Straits Times’ The Big Story, multimedia journalist Hairianto Diman spoke to Journalist Timothy Goh about the roles of those running the headquarters of the Home Recovery Task Group at HarbourFront Centre. 

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On Powering Your Property, Prime Time's Timothy Go speaks to Ku Swee Yong, Chief Investment Officer at Kasa Singapore who shares more details about the recently announced Prime Location Public Housing model and the impact it will have on the future of Singapore’s real estate landscape.

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Though China's Caixin PMI figures showed slight expansion, it differed from the official PMI gauge that saw manufacturing on the mainland contract for the second straight month. Shane Oliver, Chief Economist and Head of Investment Strategy, joined us from Sydney to take a health check of China's manufacturing sector, what it will mean for Australia's commodity exports, as well as key decisions from the RBA and the Federal Reserve in coming days.

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On Prime Time, Timothy Go speaks to Zakir Hussain, Singapore Editor, The Straits Times who shared some of the biggest stories from parliament including; How  Singapore intends to tackle the ICU bed crunch, updates on the situation at the Westlite Jalan Tukang dorm and details about Workers' Party MP Raeesah Khan lying in Parliament about details of a sexual assault case.

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