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How China’s 2024 stimulus compares with past packages, and what’s next?
In nominal terms, the massive package has the potential to be China’s biggest ever.
In nominal terms, the massive package has the potential to be China’s biggest ever
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Fed rate cut could propel Hong Kong to top 3 on global IPO table by year-end
3 Oct 2024 - 8:30AM
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Hong Kong property investors to keep powder dry as rate cut fails to tempt
30 Sep 2024 - 10:30AM
Rising bad debts on Hong Kong commercial property ‘a concern’: HKMA CEO
The increase is ‘not alarming’ as the banking system is robust enough to handle the uptick, according to Eddie Yue.
30 Sep 2024 - 9:30AM
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Can central banks really prevent a repeat of the Great Depression?
As we wrestle with challenges similar to those before the 1920s slump, let’s not rely on central bankers to save us from economic calamity.
28 Sep 2024 - 4:30PM
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Easing fear of making mistakes can help boost China economy
Rare September Politburo meeting encourages innovation, stresses importance of private sector and delivers more welcome stimulus measures.
28 Sep 2024 - 1:12AM
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Tencent cashes in on Futu as China boosts economic stimulus
Tencent has been unwinding some of its investment portfolio and the Futu share sale is in line with the strategy, a source says.
27 Sep 2024 - 11:11AM
Wall Street jumps on China stocks after Beijing wields stimulus ‘big guns’
Chinese stocks are on a tear, and prominent figures including billionaire investor David Tepper and Goldman Sachs’ Scott Rubner are all in.
27 Sep 2024 - 10:17AM
China weighs injecting US$142 billion of capital into top banks
Funding for the first such intervention since the 2008 financial crisis would mainly come from new special sovereign bonds, sources say.
26 Sep 2024 - 2:29PM
China’s mortgage cut still insufficient to move the needle, boost spending
Raft of policy and interest rate changes were unveiled on Tuesday as China’s policymakers sought revive the world’s second-largest economy.
27 Sep 2024 - 12:36PM
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Is the strengthening ringgit a blessing or a curse for Malaysians?
While some Malaysians celebrate the strong currency, others are feeling the pinch as their income from foreign sources shrinks.
25 Sep 2024 - 5:00PM
China’s yuan continues upward climb after Beijing’s stimulus roll-out
The yuan reached its highest level in over a year on Wednesday following interest rate cuts and new measures from China’s central bank.
25 Sep 2024 - 2:32PM
Is China’s new large-scale stimulus an economic saviour or ‘not enough’?
Some analysts see ‘panicking’ among China’s policymakers, others point to a rising sense of urgency in fighting deflation.
25 Sep 2024 - 4:29PM
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China’s long-term focus still the same despite stimulus measures
Easing by China’s central bank will stabilise the economy for now, but the country is looking for a paradigm shift in its overall strategy.
25 Sep 2024 - 1:28AM
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7 takeaways from China’s most significant stimulus package since the pandemic
High-ranking Chinese officials, led by People’s Bank of China governor Pan Gongsheng, unveil a slew of policies to boost world’s second-largest economy.
25 Sep 2024 - 4:10PM
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China’s NDRC urges firms to use Hong Kong for financing needs
Hong Kong seen as a top financing platform for the mainland’s ‘attracting foreign investment’ and ‘going global’ strategy, an NDRC official says.
24 Sep 2024 - 10:51PM
China’s central bank throws a lifeline to the struggling stock market
The PBOC plans to set up a swap facility that would give financial institutions access to at least US$71 billion in funding to buy shares.
24 Sep 2024 - 6:18PM
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China’s yuan gains ground after rate cuts, exporters’ US dollar exodus
Cuts by the Federal Reserve have prompted exporters to convert their US dollar assets into yuan, strengthening China’s currency.
24 Sep 2024 - 8:45AM
Hong Kong to explore 11 use cases in phase 2 of e-HKD pilot
This phase of the HKMA’s digital currency programme will focus on efficiency and whether the e-HKD attracts and entices users, deputy CEO Howard Lee says.
23 Sep 2024 - 6:36PM
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China’s 100-billion-yuan question: does government bond purchase shift policy?
Speculation is rife on what a US$14 billion treasury bond buy means for China’s money-supply mechanism, and whether the rare move equates to quantitative easing.
23 Sep 2024 - 9:00AM
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Fed’s rate cut no panacea for China’s pain, but it helps ease pressure: analysts
Pressures facing China, including from capital outflows, could be allayed by start of US Federal Reserve’s rate-cutting cycle, but real stabilisation will take much more.
21 Sep 2024 - 10:00AM
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Hong Kong interest rate cut gives small businesses ‘more room for survival’
Lower rates will not only reduce financing costs but revive investor confidence and spending sentiment, experts say.
20 Sep 2024 - 7:14PM
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US interest rate cut is welcome but many challenges remain for China
China – including Hong Kong – is not out of the woods yet, even with the 50 basis point reduction by America’s central bank.
19 Sep 2024 - 11:56PM
Dump or buy more? China’s holding of US debt in spotlight after Fed’s rate cut
Continued diversification of reserve portfolio may be in order, but into what, and at what speed, are pressing questions.
19 Sep 2024 - 8:30PM
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Hong Kong officials warn borrowers to stay vigilant amid high rates
The pace of cuts in the prime rate used by commercial banks ‘may be slower’ than those in the United States, warned Financial Secretary Paul Chan.
19 Sep 2024 - 10:31AM
Will start of US rate cuts bring tailwinds to lift China’s economic sails?
US Federal Reserve officially kicked off a rate-cutting cycle by announcing a half a percentage point rate cut on Wednesday.
19 Sep 2024 - 6:09PM
Hong Kong banks trim prime rates halfway after Fed’s bold slash
For a typical HK$5 million, 30-year loan priced at prime minus 1.75 per cent, a quarter-point cut in prime rates will save mortgage borrowers HK$720 per month.
19 Sep 2024 - 5:29PM
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US Fed slashes interest rates by half a point, first cut in 4 years
Central bank’s aggressive move follows a gradual reduction in US inflation and comes less than two months before election day.
19 Sep 2024 - 11:42AM
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