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.

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Macroeconomics

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<strong>Rates on hold</strong>: Bank Indonesia (BI) left the key 7-day reverse repo rate on hold at 5.25% in its 18-19 Jul 18 meeting. BI Governor Perry Warjiyo said that the decision was “consistent with Bank Indonesia’s effort to keep the domestic financial market attractive amid high uncertainties in the global financial market”. However, BI commented that pressures on the Rupiah have re-emerged over uncertainty in global financial markets even as early moves by the central bank had arrested downward…</li>
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Rates on hold: Bank Indonesia (BI) left the key 7-day reverse repo rate on hold at 5.25% in its 18-19 Jul 18 meeting. BI Governor Perry Warjiyo said that the decision was “consistent with Bank Indonesia’s effort to keep the domestic financial market attractive amid high uncertainties in the global financial market”. However, BI commented that pressures on the Rupiah have re-emerged over uncertainty in global financial markets even as early moves by the central bank had arrested downward…


Indonesian Economy: Macroeconomic Stability Prioritised over All Else