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

Indian Economy: Strong Growth Unlikely to Offset Fiscal Slippage Risks

Indian Economy: Stability Concerns Plague the Economy as INR Remains Under Pressure

India: Prices Could Surprise on the Upside

India: Further Policy Tinkering on the Horizon

Indian Economy: Twin Deficits Rise to the Fore

India: The Spectre of Higher Inflation Looms Large

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>Inflation took a breather in July, on the back of softer food prices. Yet core inflation remains elevated, and the upcoming monsoon season will have a huge bearing on the inflation trajectory.</li>
<li>A ballooning import bill, brought on by dearer oil, threatens to derail the external accounts, at a time of dollar strength and tightening liquidity conditions.</li>
<li>In short, stability concerns are more salient in spite of the return of growth, even if the latter is partly a result of economic normalisation as a result of the twin disruptions that are demonetisation and GST imposition.</li>
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Inflation took a breather in July, on the back of softer food prices. Yet core inflation remains elevated, and the upcoming monsoon season will have a huge bearing on the inflation trajectory.
A ballooning import bill, brought on by dearer oil, threatens to derail the external accounts, at a time of dollar strength and tightening liquidity conditions.
In short, stability concerns are more salient in spite of the return of growth, even if the latter is partly a result of economic normalisation as a result of the twin disruptions that are demonetisation and GST imposition.


Indian Economy: As Growth Returns, so Do Stability Concerns