Money Talk

 On today’s Money Talk, we’re joined by Wealth Investment Strategist, Enzio Von Pfeil, and Frederick Chu at Magnum Research. Discussing Hong Kong’s future as an aviation hub is Paul Weatherilt, Chairman, of The Hong Kong Aircrew Officers Association.

 On today’s Money Talk we’re joined by Mark Michelson at IMA Asia, Martin Hennecke from St. James's Place Wealth Management and RTHK’s International Economics Correspondent, Barry Wood.

 On today’s Money Talk, we’re joined by Iris Pang at ING Wholesale Banking, and Carlos Casanova from UBP. With a view from Japan is Tokyo-based journalist and author, William Pesek. 

 On today’s Money Talk, we’re joined by Alex Wong of Alex KY Wong Asset Management and Andrew Fennell from Fitch Ratings. With a view from Mainland China is Ben Cavender at the China Market Research Group. 

On today’s Money Talk, we’re joined by Andrew Freris of Ecognosis Advisory and Winnie Wu from Bank of America Securities. With a view from Australia is Brad Gibson at Alliance Bernstein. 

 On today’s Money Talk, we’re joined by Wealth Management Strategist, Enzio Von Pfeil, and Andrew Sullivan from Outset Global. With a view from Taiwan is Ross Feingold at SafePro Group. 

 On today’s Money Talk we’re joined by Patrick Bennett at CIBC World Markets, Marc Franklin from Manulife Investment Management and RTHK’s International Economics Correspondent, Barry Wood.

 Hong Kong Financial Secretary, Paul Chan, said yesterday he's confident that the new round of consumption vouchers will stimulate the local economy in the short term. Writing on his official blog, Mr. Chan said the fresh round of vouchers disbursed si...

 On today’s Money Talk, we’re joined by Andrew Freris of Ecognosis Advisory and Le Xia from BBVA. With a view from Singapore is Geoff Howie at the Singapore Exchange. 

 The Bank of England has stepped in to calm financial markets after some pension funds said they were at risk of collapse. The UK central bank said it would spend £5bn (US$5.4bn) a day for the next 13 trading days buying long-dated gilts after last wee...

 Profits at industrial firms in China shrank at a faster pace in the first eight months of the year. Chinese industrial companies’ profits fell 2.1% year-on-year in the January to August period to 5.5 trillion yuan, compared with a decline of 1.1% in t...

 The OECD said the global economy will expand just 2.2% in 2023, down from a previous forecast of 2.8%. The new projection for the year means output will be $2.8 trillion less than officials had predicted at the end of 2021. The Paris-based organisatio...

 Hong Kong will from today scrap its stringent hotel quarantine measures for incoming travellers which have been in place for two and a half years. Instead of the current "three plus four" arrangement, where travellers have to quarantine in a designate...

 In a flurry of central bank monetary policy tightening around the world in the past 24 hours, eight out of eleven central banks that met yesterday have raised interest rates, following the Fed’s decision to hike its main policy rate by 75bps. Yesterda...

 The Federal Reserve has raised US interest rates by 75bps and signalled that there are more rate hikes to come. It’s the third consecutive 0.75 percentage point move and takes the federal funds rate up to a range of 3%-3.25%, the highest since early 2...

 China kept its benchmark lending rates unchanged at a monthly fixing on Tuesday, in line with expectations. The one-year loan prime rate (LPR), the rate at which corporations borrow from commercial banks, was kept at 3.65%. The five-year LPR, which is...

 Hong Kong's unemployment eased for a fourth straight month as domestic activities further picked up, but the government warned that tightened financial conditions may limit the degree of improvement in the labour market. Official data released on Mond...

 Economic activity data for China in August came in mainly better than expected. The standout number was retail sales, which rose 5.4% y/y, up from 2.7% in July boosted by strength in the restaurant/catering sector, automobiles and consumer goods. Indu...

 Fitch Ratings has slashed its global GDP forecasts citing the European gas crisis, high inflation and a sharp acceleration in the pace of global monetary policy tightening, which the credit ratings agency says are taking a heavy toll on economic prosp...

 Inflation remained in the spotlight on Wednesday as new data from the US showed prices paid to producers for goods and services decreased in August thanks to lower petrol costs. The US Producer Price Index, which tracks the prices that businesses rece...