Posts Tagged ‘Bubble’
Thu Apr 29, 2010 17:03 BST |
There is no question that China’s economy is booming, with growth spiking to 11.9% in the first quarter. The world’s largest country (by population) appears to have swept off the global recession with aplomb and many an analyst are counting on Chinese demand to drive a new global growth cycle. But is this growth sustainable [Read more...]

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Tags: Bubble, business environment, China, crisis, devaluation, Double Dip, Economy, growth, Markets, Post-Recession, Real Estate, Renminbi, Revaluation
Posted in: Asia, China, Currencies, Equities, FDI, Financials, General, Geopolitics, Podcast, Political Risk
Tue Apr 20, 2010 16:51 BST |
New property market cooling measures announced by China’s State Council on April 15 seek to curb speculative demand for real estate by raising down payment requirements and mortgage rates, while giving local government officials the responsibility for failing to stabilise property prices. If the measures work, which I think they might, then property prices in [Read more...]
Tags: Bubble, China, Housing, interest rates, local governments, Property, Real Estate, tightening
Posted in: Asia, China, Financials, General
Wed Jan 13, 2010 17:15 GMT |
This week the People’s Bank of China tried to send a clear signal that it is starting to tighten monetary conditions as the economic recovery takes hold. Stuart Allsopp, BMI China analyst, explains the significance of the bank’s move to raise its 3-month bill financing rate and reserve requirement ratios for the monetary policy outlook [Read more...]

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Tags: bill financing rate, Bubble, China, Economic Recovery, Hong Kong, housing market, inflation, monetary conditions, monetary tightening, PBoC, People's Bank of China, Real Estate, Reserve Requirement
Posted in: Asia, China, General, Inflation/Deflation, Podcast
Tue Dec 1, 2009 14:50 GMT |
While I had not been pencilling in another interest rate hike this year, the Reserve Bank Of Australia (RBA)’s decision to raise its policy rate by 25 basis points (bps) for a third consecutive month to 3.75% on Tuesday was not wholly unexpected. Indeed, Business Monitor Online stated on November 30 that [Read more...]
Tags: australia, Bubble, Cash Rate, consumer debt, FRA, hike, increase, Property, Reserve Bank
Posted in: Asia, General, Inflation/Deflation
Thu Oct 8, 2009 17:10 BST |
As we enter the fourth quarter, Terry Alexander returns with an outlook on near-term market dynamics, and why we are not yet ready to change our long-held bullish view. Stuart Allsopp joins this podcast to give a little more fundamental insight into what is driving the rally in Gold.

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Tags: Asia, Bubble, Bullish, deflation, Dow Jones, Equities, fundamentals, FX, gold, inflation, Market Rally, US dollar
Posted in: Commodities, Currencies, Equities, Financials, General, Inflation/Deflation, Podcast, US
Thu Oct 1, 2009 17:05 BST |
Thursday marks the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the People’s Republic of China, and is an opportune time to reflect on where China is going. There is a widespread belief that China is on course for global domination, and this is best captured in the title of a recent book, When China Rules The [Read more...]
Tags: 60th anniversary, Bubble, China, Communist Party, Economy, environment, future, meltdown, scenarios
Posted in: Asia, China, General, Political Risk
Fri Sep 18, 2009 17:32 BST |
The fundamental factors supporting the Hong Kong property market, from a shortage of houses to record low mortgage costs, are well known. However, similar arguments were used to justify the residential property market in the US in 2006, and in Hong Kong itself in 1997. In the latter, when the bubble popped, real estate prices [Read more...]
Tags: Bubble, Economy, Hong Kong, Mid-Levels, property market, Real Estate, The Peak
Posted in: Asia, General