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

World Trade Outlook: Cyclical Outlook Solid but Structural Threats Rise Further

Mixed Messages from the US-China Trade Negotiations - What Is Trump Doing?

Rising Threats to World Trade but All Is Not Lost

US Protectionism: Will the Bark Be Worse than the Bite?

How Far Will US Protectionism Threaten the Global Trade Order?

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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<strong>World trade volume grew</strong> +4.5% y/y in Dec 17, down slightly from +4.9% in Nov 17. The full year 2017 recorded a robust 4.5% increase, representing a marked improvement from 2016’s +1.5%. Lead indicators such as world-wide container throughput (up 9.3% y/y in January, the strongest growth since the 2010 recovery from the global crisis) suggest that global trade will continue its expansion.</li>
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<strong>Emerging Asian exports grew 6.1% y/y in Dec 17</strong>, a tad lower than 6.4% in Nov 17, while imports decelerated to…</li>
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World trade volume grew +4.5% y/y in Dec 17, down slightly from +4.9% in Nov 17. The full year 2017 recorded a robust 4.5% increase, representing a marked improvement from 2016’s +1.5%. Lead indicators such as world-wide container throughput (up 9.3% y/y in January, the strongest growth since the 2010 recovery from the global crisis) suggest that global trade will continue its expansion.

Emerging Asian exports grew 6.1% y/y in Dec 17, a tad lower than 6.4% in Nov 17, while imports decelerated to…


World Trade Continues to Flourish