Economist, Centennial Asia Advisors

Nigel Chiang

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.

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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.

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<li>China’s slowing economy needs even more policy support. IIP, retail sales and private investments were all lacklustre.</li>
<li>Forward-Looking indicators are not positive either. While industrial production growth perked up a tad, November’s purchasing manager survey point to notable downside risks.</li>
<li>There was more easing by the PBOC with a 25bps cut to the relending rate for small firms and the rural sector. More targeted easing is likely in the works.</li>
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China’s slowing economy needs even more policy support. IIP, retail sales and private investments were all lacklustre.
Forward-Looking indicators are not positive either. While industrial production growth perked up a tad, November’s purchasing manager survey point to notable downside risks.
There was more easing by the PBOC with a 25bps cut to the relending rate for small firms and the rural sector. More targeted easing is likely in the works.


China: Suite of Economic Pressures Confront Policymakers