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June had seen global employment growth generally holding up well, with many firms continuing to rebuild workforces that had been affected by the pandemic. Key to the price outlook will be the supply situation. Like the US and eurozone, the UK is seeing a natural moderation of grow...

Chinas' property sector has been a major driver of commodity prices over the last couple of decades. The Chinese property sector has been a major driver of Chinese monetary policy, and thus has a significant influence on the Chinese economy. The previous correlation between the pr...

AMTD Digital is a financial services platform that is the most integrated in Asia. Over the years, the company has married rapid growth with profitability. This is a rare thing among startups. Nevertheless, despite the quality of the company and the size of its market share, there...

The global economy and financial markets have suffered a dreadful H1 2022, ravaged by a severe commodity shock, strict COVID-19 lockdowns in the world’s second-largest economy, and one of the most aggressive Fed tightening cycles in recent history. H2 looks equally tough. In it...

The Fed will be raising interest rates again soon, and of course, the question is whether the central bank will raise the Fed Funds rate by 0.75 or 1.00 percent. As if the issues in China weren’t enough, the festering Ukraine war-related energy-related issues in Europe could be...

China’s Q2 GDP was weaker than expected, but higher-frequency data shows a rebound. Can China close the gap between the growth forecast and the official target with the same approach to policy stimulus? The question is whether the prospective Q3 rebound (fingers crossed) wo...

Financial markets remained turbulent through Q2 of 2022 as inflationary pressures, interest rate hikes, & ongoing war in Ukraine weighed on investor sentiment, & we've come to accept that the future will likely look different from the past. We now expect U.S. inflation to peak...

China is experiencing a very different monetary cycle compared to the rest of the world, regulatory onslaught that is subsiding and ADR valuations on the floor. FinVolution's shares are dirt cheap while the company is in excellent financial health, despite some macro headwinds that ha...

Equities would suffer if rate hikes trigger a growth downturn. Europe has the opportunity to create a more sustainable and more resilient version of itself – replacing high dependencies on Russian energy and shedding the image of an “old” economy by accelerating t...

One of the vexing questions for China watchers has been the lack of stimulus delivered, despite the maintenance of the government’s 5.5% GDP target for 2022 (although there is skepticism around the ability to reach that 5.5%). One of the big challenges China faces relative to S...