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.

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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>By transposing the previous peak-to-trough data back in September 2020, we estimate that the tragic surge in COVID infections in India should peak sometime in the third quarter this year, if not earlier.</li>
<li>In the meantime, growth will slow as footfall fared poorly and employers anxious over the impact on employees. Supply-side disruptions will fan inflationary pressures, and key policy initiatives will be delayed. Shipments of AstraZeneca vaccines to other emerging economies such as Indonesia and the Philippines will be delayed for a few months.</li>
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By transposing the previous peak-to-trough data back in September 2020, we estimate that the tragic surge in COVID infections in India should peak sometime in the third quarter this year, if not earlier.
In the meantime, growth will slow as footfall fared poorly and employers anxious over the impact on employees. Supply-side disruptions will fan inflationary pressures, and key policy initiatives will be delayed. Shipments of AstraZeneca vaccines to other emerging economies such as Indonesia and the Philippines will be delayed for a few months.


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