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

Malaysian Politics: Forest City an Unlucky Casualty

Malaysia: BNM Remains Accommodative as Economy Hums Along

Malaysia: Government Prepares for SST as Fiscal Projections Worsen

Malaysian Economy: Cost of Living once Again a Hot Topic

Malaysia: Closing the Book on the Najib Era

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 Malaysian economy eased further in 2Q18 from the blockbuster growth in 2017, as private investment remains languid, given the lingering uncertainty posed by the government’s stance on China-backed infrastructure projects.</li>
<li>Malaysia is poised to ride through the storm posed by a confluence of scarcer liquidity and a brewing US-China trade spat, given its solid external accounts alongside a buoyant economic outlook going forward.</li>
<li>The first 100 days of the Pakatan Harapan government have been marked by bold policy moves to improve political accountability and transparency in Malaysia, alongside the re-imposition of the SST, of which the latter is a necessary evil.</li>
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The Malaysian economy eased further in 2Q18 from the blockbuster growth in 2017, as private investment remains languid, given the lingering uncertainty posed by the government’s stance on China-backed infrastructure projects.
Malaysia is poised to ride through the storm posed by a confluence of scarcer liquidity and a brewing US-China trade spat, given its solid external accounts alongside a buoyant economic outlook going forward.
The first 100 days of the Pakatan Harapan government have been marked by bold policy moves to improve political accountability and transparency in Malaysia, alongside the re-imposition of the SST, of which the latter is a necessary evil.


Malaysian Economy: Slow but Steady as She Goes