Weekly digest: August 2 – August 8

Overview With new developments arising over the respective regions, here are our market highlights for last week.   China Trump bans TikTok and WeChat in the US US President Donald Trump has exercised his emergency economic powers on Thursday to impose sanctions against TikTok, a popular video-sharing app backed by the China-based Bytedance, and WeChat, aContinue reading “Weekly digest: August 2 – August 8”

Weekly digest: Week of July 26 – August 1

Overview With new developments arising over the respective regions, here are our market highlights for last week.   China The course of recovery proceeds, not without bumps along the way While most major economies are struggling to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, as evident from the staggering 32.9% drop in US Q2 GDP, the Chinese economyContinue reading “Weekly digest: Week of July 26 – August 1”

Weekly digest: Week of July 19 – July 25

Overview With new developments arising over the respective regions, here are our market highlights for last week.   China Chinese market reforms President Xi Jinping vows to liberalize and open up the world’s second-largest economy. With the rising tensions between U.S. and China as well as the U.S.’s bill to delist Chinese companies, many US-listed ChineseContinue reading “Weekly digest: Week of July 19 – July 25”

Weekly digest: Week of July 12 – July 18

Overview With new developments arising over the respective regions, here are our market highlights for last week.   China The U.S. – China Dispute over the South China Sea The U.S. – China tension rises yet again, and this time it may be leading to a cold war between the world’s largest economies. China’s claim onContinue reading “Weekly digest: Week of July 12 – July 18”

Weekly digest: Week of July 5 – July 11

Overview With new developments arising over the respective regions, here are our market highlights for last week.   China Inflation higher than expected, but that may not be due to improving economic activities. China’s consumer price index (CPI) and inflation figure for June increased  by 2.5% and 0.1% respectively compared to May which is largely attributed Continue reading “Weekly digest: Week of July 5 – July 11”