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

Indonesia: Budget 2019 - A Prudent Mix of Conservative and Populist Budgeting

Indonesian Economy: Stop-Gap Measures to Provide Only Fleeting Reprieve for Rupiah’s Descent

Key Takeaways from Our Research Trip to Jakarta, Indonesia

Indonesia: Heartening Quality and Quantum of Growth

Indonesian Presidential Election 2019: Three Takeaways from President Jokowi’s Running Mate Pick

Indonesia Research Trip: Doing Well and Getting Better but Still Under-Performing Its Potential

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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Economic Policy and Strategic Advisors

Macroeconomics

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<strong>Policy is on the right track</strong>: Bank Indonesia hiked policy rates by another 25bps in response to the bout of turmoil and volatility that is induced by the US-Turkey spat. The Jokowi administration has also unveiled Budget 2019 that is geared toward the upcoming elections.</li>
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<strong>But economic activity and external stability remain questions</strong>: Political uncertainty, and an ever-weakening Rupiah has had an effect on investment realisation. This could not have come at a worse time for Indonesia, as it relies on FDI to plug the widening CAD (2Q18: 3%) of GDP.</li>
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Policy is on the right track: Bank Indonesia hiked policy rates by another 25bps in response to the bout of turmoil and volatility that is induced by the US-Turkey spat. The Jokowi administration has also unveiled Budget 2019 that is geared toward the upcoming elections.

But economic activity and external stability remain questions: Political uncertainty, and an ever-weakening Rupiah has had an effect on investment realisation. This could not have come at a worse time for Indonesia, as it relies on FDI to plug the widening CAD (2Q18: 3%) of GDP.


Indonesian Economy: Bank Indonesia Remains Ahead of the Curve