Economist, Centennial Asia Advisors

Nigel Chiang

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.

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Economic Policy and Strategic Advisors

Macroeconomics

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<li>Intensifying inflationary pressures led the MAS to tighten policy in an unexpected off-cycle meeting last week. Upside risks to inflation persist and more tightening is likely in October.</li>
<li>Property prices are moving up too but rising mortgage rates will help cool the sector and the government can increase land supply to temper real estate prices.</li>
<li>Singapore’s multiple growth drivers lend resilience to its outlook. But as external headwinds have grown, we have downgraded our 2022 GDP growth forecast from 4.4% to 4.0%.</li>
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Intensifying inflationary pressures led the MAS to tighten policy in an unexpected off-cycle meeting last week. Upside risks to inflation persist and more tightening is likely in October.
Property prices are moving up too but rising mortgage rates will help cool the sector and the government can increase land supply to temper real estate prices.
Singapore’s multiple growth drivers lend resilience to its outlook. But as external headwinds have grown, we have downgraded our 2022 GDP growth forecast from 4.4% to 4.0%.


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