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

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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>The authorities are projecting the fiscal deficit to fall below 2% of GDP in 2018 as the revenue mop-up improves. Meanwhile, budget assumptions were revised down by the House of Representatives in light of tightening global liquidity.</li>
<li>The trade balance was back in the black, providing fleeting reprieve for the IDR though anaemic exports are a concern. </li>
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The authorities are projecting the fiscal deficit to fall below 2% of GDP in 2018 as the revenue mop-up improves. Meanwhile, budget assumptions were revised down by the House of Representatives in light of tightening global liquidity.
The trade balance was back in the black, providing fleeting reprieve for the IDR though anaemic exports are a concern. 


Indonesia: Policy Credibility Moves up a Notch