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Market Talk – November 17, 2021

ASIA: Retail sales growth in China bounced back in October, while industrial production also beat expectations. Retail sales, a key measurement of consumer spending...

Market Talk – November 11, 2021

ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 171.08 or 0.59% to 29,277.86 • Shanghai increased 40.32 or 1.15% to...

Market Talk – November 11, 2021

ASIA: China’s inflation problem is getting worse day by day. The cost of goods leaving China’s factories surged by another record rate last month, and there...

Market Talk – November 9, 2021

  ASIA: The US central bank warned Monday that China’s ongoing property woes could elevate “financial stresses in China, could further strain...

Market Talk – November 8, 2021

ASIA: China posted a record monthly trade surplus in October as exports surged despite global supply-chain disruptions. Exports rose 27.1% in dollar terms last...

Market Talk – November 1, 2021

We will take a short recess from Market Talk to focus on this year’s annual World Economic Conference. The conference will take place in Orlando, FL, but virtual...

Market Talk – October 29, 2021

ASIA: Japan’s economy likely shrank over the summer as a Covid surge and supply bottlenecks slammed an already feeble recovery, according to estimates by several...

Market Talk – October 28, 2021

 ASIA: The risk of stagflation is “very real” in China over the next couple of quarters as factory gate prices rise at a quicker pace and an ongoing power...

Market Talk – October 27, 2021

ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 decreased 7.77 or -0.03% to 29,098.24 Shanghai decreased 35.33 or -0.98% to 3,562.31...

Market Talk – October 26, 2021

ASIA: Singapore will allow people arriving from Australia and Switzerland to enter without having to quarantine from November 8, as the Southeast Asian nation takes...