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

South Korea: Policy to Support Prospects for Turnaround

South Korea: Robust Exports Portends Growth Upside, Barring Trade Threat

East Asia: Further Economic Traction Powered by Exports and Consumption

East Asia Update: China's Policy Direction, Korea's Political Woes and Taiwan's Economic Momentum

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

<p>The IMF released its latest Article IV report on the South Korean economy. The following are the key points of the assessment:</p><ul><li>
<strong>South Korea is experiencing a cyclical pick-up in growth</strong> with the uplift supported by robust investment and effervescent exports. While there has been some recovery, private consumption remained lacklustre but is projected to improve further in 2018 given the large minimum wage increase, and left-leaning policies supporting employment and social programmes under President…</li></ul>

The IMF released its latest Article IV report on the South Korean economy. The following are the key points of the assessment:
South Korea is experiencing a cyclical pick-up in growth with the uplift supported by robust investment and effervescent exports. While there has been some recovery, private consumption remained lacklustre but is projected to improve further in 2018 given the large minimum wage increase, and left-leaning policies supporting employment and social programmes under President…

Pockets of Structural Weakness Hobble Growth Potential