Economist, Centennial Asia Advisors

Nicholas Chia

Centennial Asia Advisors deliver timely and accurate economic and political analysis to investors, focused on anticipating key turning points that affect the client’s interests in the Asia-Pacific region. Clients include public agencies and central banks, as well as fund managers and investment banks. The company draws strength from its flexibility to tailor products to fit client’s specific interests. It provides detailed macro-economic forecasts, scenario analysis and timely assessments of how specific major economic and political developments may affect a client’s areas of interest. At Centennial Asia Advisors, we tell it like it is. We have no vested interests, no need for a China wall, and no reason to skew our outlook any other way.

Economist

Asian Monetary Policy: A Case of Diverging Fortunes

Asian Economic Trends: Healthy Trade Flows with Stable Inflation

Asian Economic Trends: Divergent Inflation; Trade Takes a Breather

Asian Economic Trends - Monetary Policy and Inflation

Asian Economic Trends - Inflation and Exports

Asian Economic Trends - Monetary Policy and External Accounts

Centennial Asia Advisors

At Centennial Asia Advisors, we tell it like it is. We have no vested interests, no need for a China wall, and no reason to skew our outlook any other way. With over 30 years experience covering Asia’s political economy, you can be sure our conclusions and analyses are based on the unadulterated facts. Through years of fine-tuning our research methodologies, we deliver a quality of macroeconomic analysis few other houses can match.

Centennial Asia Advisors is an independent research and advisory firm that works with governments, multilateral institutions, financial firms and leading MNCs.

Economic Policy and Strategic Advisors

Macroeconomics

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<strong>BSP raised rates:</strong> Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) raised its overnight borrowing rate by 25 basis points to 3.25% in an effort to rein in inflation, which surged to a five-year high of 4.5% in Apr 18. The central bank projected that inflation will overshoot its 2-4% target this year due to supply-side factors from TRAIN-1A and the spike in rice prices. It revised its inflation forecasts to 4.6% and 3.4% for 2018 and 2019 respectively, up from 3.9% and 3.0% previously.</li>
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BSP raised rates: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) raised its overnight borrowing rate by 25 basis points to 3.25% in an effort to rein in inflation, which surged to a five-year high of 4.5% in Apr 18. The central bank projected that inflation will overshoot its 2-4% target this year due to supply-side factors from TRAIN-1A and the spike in rice prices. It revised its inflation forecasts to 4.6% and 3.4% for 2018 and 2019 respectively, up from 3.9% and 3.0% previously.

Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM)…
