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Implications of China’s Declining Foreign Trade Dependence

22 March 2013

Foreign trade dependence is not exactly a scientific concept. Rather, it simply measures the ratio of an economy’s total foreign trade to its gross domestic product. The general interpretation is that...

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Latest Developments of Asia’s Bond Market and Its Implications

7 Feb 2013

In 2012, Asia’s bond market turned in an outstanding performance. The JP Morgan Asia Credit Index that tracks Asian government and corporate bonds rose 14%. Outstanding amounts of bonds in local and foreign...

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The Still Steep US Government Debt Cliff

16 Jan 2013

At the beginning of this year when the US Congress passed the so called Cliff Bill and deferred the automatic expenditure cuts, the US economy seems to have avoided the fiscal cliff as feared. Global equity...

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Restructuring Prospects of Hong Kong Enterprises in the Pearl River Delta

2 Jan 2013

Following the financial turmoil and European debt crisis, demand from European and the US markets remains sluggish. Operating environment of Hong Kong enterprises engaging in processing trade is getting...

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Hong Kong’s Economic Outlook for 2013

24 Dec 2012

This year, the deteriorating European debt crisis weakened the global economy and severely slowed down global trade. Hong Kong’s external demand also froze...

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Strengthening RMB Appreciation Expectation: Reasons and Prospects

13 Nov 2012

In the first half of 2012, the Yuan was weak against the U.S. dollar, and the market expected depreciation of the Chinese currency. However, since late July, market sentiment reversed, with RMB appreciation...

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Causes, Impacts, and Prospects of Hong Kong’s Decelerating External Merchandize Trade

14 Sept 2012

As a major pillar of Hong Kong’s economic growth, external merchandize trade experienced robust growth in the past. In the 80’s and 90’s of the twentieth century, trade pattern has shifted from exports...

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The New Environment and Challenges Facing Mainland Enterprises Contemplating Hong Kong Listing

13 Aug 2012

So far in 2012, IPO activities in Hong Kong have declined substantially, while the share prices of listed mainland companies have significantly underperformed. Furthermore, an increasing number of companies...

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An Analysis on the Plunge in Hong Kong’s GDP Growth and Prospects

6 June 2012

As the European debt crisis rages on, Hong Kong’s economy had been widely expected to gradually slow down. However, the dramatic decline in Hong Kong’s first-quarter GDP growth to 0.4%, 4.6 percentage...

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What Apple Reveals about Sino – American Bilateral Trade

6 June 2012

On November 10th, 2001, Apple launched the iPod, a digital music player, which fundamentally changed the growth trajectory of the company. From a personal computer manufacturer, Apple successfully transformed...

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Further Developments of Hong Kong’s Offshore RMB Market:

11 April 2012

In recent years, as the internationalization of the RMB has been steadily carrying out, Hong Kong’s offshore RMB market has grown rapidly. However, Hong Kong’s RMB deposits have declined two months in...

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Reassessing China’s Efforts on Fine-tuning Its Growth Model

24 Feb 2012

The US subprime crisis and the European sovereign debt crisis have demonstrated the lack of sustainability in their economic growth models that were based on high consumption, high debt and high leverage...

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Implications and Impacts of the New Framework of U.S. Monetary Policy

16 Feb 2012

The U.S. Federal Reserve announced a new key measure after its latest meeting, namely, long-term inflation target would be set at 2% and the target itself would be adjusted to an appropriate level in January...

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Hong Kong’s Economic Outlook Amid the Sovereign Debt Crisis

31 Dec 2011

Hong Kong’s economic growth, battered by the European as well as American debt crises, has trended downward since the second half of 2011. Third-quarter GDP growth came in 4.3%, the slowest pace in two...

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Reasons, Impacts, and Implications of the Delisting Wave of Mainland Chinese Enterprises Listed in U.S. Stock Markets

30 Nov 2011

Since 2011, a series of Mainland Chinese enterprises listed in U.S. exchanges have been suspended, delisted, privatized, or reverted to over-the-counter transactions. This phenomenon attracted wide-spread...

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The Risks and Impacts of International Funds Flowing out of the Emerging Markets

31 Oct 2011

As the European debt crisis deepened, demand weakened in the European and American markets, exports from emerging markets slowed, investor and consumer confidence remained under pressure, the market has...

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An Analysis on the Euro-zone’s Prospects in Light of Recent Debt Crisis Developments

12 Sept 2011

According to Eurostat, second-quarter GDP in the Euro-zone registered a growth of merely 0.2%, the slowest pace since the regional economy escaped the last recession in late 2009. The quarter over quarter...

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A Review and Prospects for Foreign Listings in Hong Kong

12 Aug 2011

Hong Kong’s IPO market hit a 10-year high fund-raising record in the first half of 2011, despite facing headwinds from rate hikes in Emerging Markets, the Japanese earthquake and renewed European sovereign...

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The Causes and Development Trend of the Latest Round of Inflation in China

28 July 2011

During the first five months of this year, China’s CPI growth was range-bound between 4.9% and 5.5% since breaking through the high-inflation threshold of 5% in November last year...

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The Development of the Offshore Yuan Market Will Strengthen Hong Kong's International Financial Center Status

30 June 2011

The recent rapid growth of offshore RMB market in Hong Kong (CNH) has brought great pleasure of enhancing Hong Kong’s position as an international financial centre, but some concerns of "currency substitution"...

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