Tag: Economics
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4 Key Points About the Ethereum Market in October 2022
Ethereum prices rose in line with Bitcoin and U.S. equity markets as the roll out of the Merge improved the long-term prospects of Ethereum. Ethereum prices were up by 18.4% to $1,573 in October 2022 from $1,329 in September 2022, higher than Bitcoin’s equivalent price increase of 5.5% during the…
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5 Takeaways from the U.S. Stock Market in 3Q 2022
The American stock market dropped in the 3Q 2022, due to the Fed’s interest rates hikes and elevated inflation concerns. The American stock market declined by 5.8% in the 3Q 2022, as the Fed has continued to raise interest rates in line with elevated inflation concerns. Fed’s interest rate is…
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5 Things to Know About the Chinese Stock Market in 3Q 2022
The Chinese Stock Market Sharply Declined in the 3Q 2022, due to the Chinese government Instituting Lockdowns and the Property Market Getting Worse. The Hang Seng China Enterprise Index declined by 22.9%, mainly because of two reasons. firstly, the Chinese government remains very committed to its zero-covid policy where they…
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5 Things To Know About the Malaysian Stock Market in 3Q 2022
The Malaysian Stock Market (KLCI) Declined in the 3Q 2022, as Global and Local Interest Rates Rise and Inflationary Risks Increase. The KLCI Index declined by 3.9% in the 3Q 2022 (from 29 June 2022 to 30 September 2022), as global and local interest rates rise in line with higher…
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What You Need to Know About Malaysia’s Property Market in 2021
Admittedly, the Malaysian property market has been through a rough patch in the past few years with unaffordable prices and a general oversupply situation in both the housing and commercial markets. It was hit especially hard in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic, where almost all economic sectors suffered the same…
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Genting Malaysia Berhad – Should you Invest (2019 Outlook Updated)
Dear readers, it has been a while since I updated anything related to investment calls or rather anything on my blog. I have been busy with work commitments and time has not been kind to someone working in the central bank. Anyway, you can find my previous updated GMB piece…
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Japan’s Monetary Policy – Thoughts on Speech at BOJ by Ben Bernanke ( Part 2 )
Here is part 2 on the traditional central bank mechanisms and how it has evolved with the ongoing environment. Please find part 1 here “Although Japan’s economy is growing only slowly, that largely reflects longer-term forces, notably a shrinking labor force and slow productivity growth, factors which are not…
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Japan’s Monetary Policy – Thoughts on Speech at BOJ by Ben Bernanke ( Part 1 )
Ben Bernanke, the former head of the Federal Reserve recently gave a talk/speech on Japanese Monetary Policy at the BOJ recently here. For those who do not know, I am a big economics nerd especially when it comes to monetary policy and I find this talk very interesting as I…
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Is Addressing Bilateral Trade Balances the Right Step to Improving Competitiveness?
I find myself thinking a lot on trade balances issues, its implications for a country’s consumption, export and import sectors. Martin Feldstein puts it nicely in this article here by saying “Politicians and economists view trade imbalances very differently. Economists emphasize that the total US trade deficit with the rest of the…
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To Raise or not to Raise – Central Bank’s Monetary Dilemma
Just wanted to highlight this article here by Reuters on the difficulties of being a central bank. As you all know, interest rates by historical standards are at an all time low all over the world now. This has raised concerns on over-inflated stock markets, excessive credit growth and asset…
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