Founder & Head of Research, Fortress Hill Advisors

Alex Ng

Alex Ng is the founder and head of research of the economic and investment research house Fortress Hill Advisors. Prior to founding Fortress Hill Advisors, he worked as an economic research analyst across government, academic, and financial institutes including the Hong Kong Financial Secretary’s Office (Office of the Government Economist), Economic Research Center of the Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at CUHK, and State Street Global Markets. Alex holds a Master of Arts in Economics degree from Columbia University in the City of New York and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Mathematics from Wesleyan University (CT, USA).

Our firm's expertise lies in macroeconomics, global macro,  global thematic research, company and equity research, multi-asset strategy, event driven, and ESG.

We also do proprietary trading on the firm's capital, to try to vindicate our investment thesis. Our flagship publication, Heard from Fortress Hill (HFFH) provides our weekly market observations and is freely available on our website: https://fortresshill-advisors.com/hffh/

Founder & Head of Research

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China and the Middle-Income Trap: The Odds of Escape Aren't Great… and May Be Getting Worse

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<li>As economic growth of China move to sub-5% level (a figure which may have been manipulated upward), the living standard of its lower-middle and lower class are hopeless to improve.</li>
<li>Standing at USD12970 in 2023, the capita real GDP grows much slower than previous decade.</li>
<li>This is the middle income trap which is experienced by other middle-income Asian countries as well, like Philippines, Thailand, and Malaysia.</li>
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As economic growth of China move to sub-5% level (a figure which may have been manipulated upward), the living standard of its lower-middle and lower class are hopeless to improve.
Standing at USD12970 in 2023, the capita real GDP grows much slower than previous decade.
This is the middle income trap which is experienced by other middle-income Asian countries as well, like Philippines, Thailand, and Malaysia.


China Unlikely to Escape Middle-Income Trap Without Social or Political Reform