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

Monetary Policy: Asia Will Not Tighten in Lockstep with the Fed

Asian Monetary Policy: No Abrupt Policy Shifts, For Now

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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.

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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<li>Asian central banks do not have to rush to tighten policy in response to the stepped-up pace of policy normalisation by the Fed and other major central banks.</li>
<li>While Asia is more resilient with buoyant external buffers, they cannot stand pat for too long as financial conditions tighten.</li>
<li>In most cases, unconventional measures will have to be scaled back soon and rate hikes begin in earnest in late 2022.</li>
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Asian central banks do not have to rush to tighten policy in response to the stepped-up pace of policy normalisation by the Fed and other major central banks.
While Asia is more resilient with buoyant external buffers, they cannot stand pat for too long as financial conditions tighten.
In most cases, unconventional measures will have to be scaled back soon and rate hikes begin in earnest in late 2022.


Global Macro: Central Banks Kickstart Normalisation of Policy, with Asia Set to Follow Suit Soon