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Good for now worrying for later

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... given the diverse and rapidly changing seasonal influences at this time of year (which potentially includes the shift in Chinese New Year to January this year)". Good on you Alan. For a better picture - and to smooth out the monthly volatility in the ...

Doubting the benefit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... of the Politburo's determination towards "economic and social stability". This is the overriding message delivered by Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang at the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) earlier this ...

Chinese inflation slows and quickens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
People's Bank of China (PBOC) deputy governor Yi Gang's predicted inflation rate of 2% - 3% for this year appears at risk should the recent sharp slowdown in CPI inflation persist over the coming months. Headline inflation increased by a mere 0.8% in ...

Australia winning silver in APAC fintech race

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2017
... harnessing" data and analytics in their decision-making processes. About a third (30%) of Australian respondents and 22% of Chinese/Hong Kong-based respondents were doing the same thing. "Digital transformation is driving a seismic shift in the investment ...

China price rises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... January was due to higher food and travel costs heading into the Lunar New Year holiday. Nonetheless, this indicates that Chinese producers are still unable to pass on price rises to the consumer. Producer prices in China rose by 6.9% in the year to ...

Bump in business confidence and conditions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... given the diverse and rapidly changing seasonal influences at this time of year (which potentially includes the shift in Chinese New Year to January this year)". That could be the case given the declines in new orders and exports contained in the survey. ...

Dwindling reserves

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... month of dwindling reserves and a sharp deceleration from the US$4 trillion peak recorded in mid-2014. The reversal in the Chinese yuan's decline in recent weeks indicates that the PBOC's efforts to defend the yuan and stem capital flows are working. ...

Credit where credit is not due

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... curtail excessive borrowing in its domestic economy to contain asset bubbles and mitigate financial risks. However, fresh Chinese credit data shows that the opposite is happening. Chinese banks extended some CNY1.04 trillion in new yuan loans in December ...

Investors must look further than US: J.P. Morgan

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... Craig directs investors to emerging markets, where growth has been aided by the rebound of commodity prices and a stable Chinese economy. "China is experiencing a lot more stability, and the manufacturing and services we were worried about in 2016 are ...

Trump keeping M&A on a leash

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2017
... China, which the report said previously had a "seemingly unquenchable appetite for overseas acquisitions." Thanks to new Chinese legislation the government will now "scrutinise overseas transactions over US$2 billion in an effort to reduce capital outflows ...