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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Singapore: Policy Responses to Go Beyond S$NEER Steepening

Singapore Budget 2022: Expect Medium-Term Adjustments to Raise Inflation

Singapore Budget 2022: Pivoting from Crisis Management to Tackling Secular Challenges

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>Price pressures firmed in March after pausing in February; MAS more hawkish on inflation yet confident that growth fundamentals remain intact with Russia-Ukraine drag offset by earlier reopening of economy</li>
<li>We rule out an inter-meeting hike for now; MAS likely views the risk of a wage-price spiral as limited after the cumulative pre-emptive tightening moves since January. </li>
<li>The trajectory of inflation will be key to watch for the October monetary policy decision. Core CPI breaching 4.5% in July and/or a sluggish inflection afterward would make tightening probable.</li>
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Price pressures firmed in March after pausing in February; MAS more hawkish on inflation yet confident that growth fundamentals remain intact with Russia-Ukraine drag offset by earlier reopening of economy
We rule out an inter-meeting hike for now; MAS likely views the risk of a wage-price spiral as limited after the cumulative pre-emptive tightening moves since January. 
The trajectory of inflation will be key to watch for the October monetary policy decision. Core CPI breaching 4.5% in July and/or a sluggish inflection afterward would make tightening probable.


Singapore: Upside Risks to Inflation Imply Possible Further Policy Tightening in October