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Financially Savvy
Why stagflation is back on some traders’ radars
A term of old seems to be making a return: stagflation. Find out why.
October 14, 2021
Global review
Will Covid-19 spell the end of Asia's family businesses?
Things will get worse for these family businesses as bank and government support is slowly withdrawn.
February 04, 2021
US Economy
Mnuchin pitches new US$916 bil stimulus package to Pelosi
The Mnuchin plan includes stimulus checks, something that members of both sides of the aisle have favoured.
December 09, 2020
Tong's Portfolio
Malaysia can finance the stimulus to protect and boost productive capacities
But these are not ordinary times. Even a hugely expansionary budget will not be out of sync with the rest of the world.
October 30, 2020
US Economy
Partisan squabbling in US senate puts economic stimulus into jeopardy
Odds for a pre-election package are dimming as the parties cannot agree on how large the package should be.
September 11, 2020
Finance
Markets maintain confidence in Indonesia's unorthodox direct financing scheme for now
BNP Paribas warns however that a material increase in the use of such policies in EMs could see considerable currency weakness.
July 28, 2020
Singapore economy
Singapore to be among the last in the region to return to pre-virus GDP levels: Morgan Stanley
While China will arguably lead the pack with a recovery by 3Q2020, economist Deyi Tan says export-oriented economies such as Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia are likely to take until 1Q2021 to recover.
May 12, 2020
China Focus
The coronavirus is China's chance to weaken the liberal order
Assuming the coronavirus ends up hitting the world’s democracies as hard as many predict, it could deal another staggering blow to the US and the international order it leads.
March 20, 2020
Covid-19
Singapore weighs tapping reserves for virus fight in rare move
It would be the first such move to bankroll economic stimulus since 2009, when the global financial crisis rocked the Asian financial hub, although reserves are used selectively for land acquisitions.
March 12, 2020