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

The Philippines: Political Travails Weigh Heavy on Economic Plans

The Philippine Economy: Politicking Takes Precedence over TRAIN as Midterms Loom

The Philippines: Political and Economic Risks Rear Ugly Head

The Philippines: TRAIN-II Gains Bumpy Momentum

Philippine Economy: Runaway Inflation Threatens the Authorities’ Credibility

Philippine Economy: TRAIN Given Fresh Impetus

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 Peso may have been buffeted by the tightening liquidity conditions alongside spiraling inflation at home but remittances and BPO revenues act as mitigating factors that serve dual purposes of shoring up the Current Account Deficit and propping up household spending. </li>
<li>That the authorities have not, or need not follow the footsteps of Indonesia and India in announcing import restrictions, is testament to the underlying resilience in the Philippine economy.</li>
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The Peso may have been buffeted by the tightening liquidity conditions alongside spiraling inflation at home but remittances and BPO revenues act as mitigating factors that serve dual purposes of shoring up the Current Account Deficit and propping up household spending. 
That the authorities have not, or need not follow the footsteps of Indonesia and India in announcing import restrictions, is testament to the underlying resilience in the Philippine economy.


The Philippine Economy: PHP in Better Shape Vis-A-Vis Other EM Currencies