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Hong Kong’s mortgage applications fell by more than a fifth in December, according to the city’s de facto central bank,…

Mortgage registrations in Hong Kong dropped to the lowest level on record last year, as the city’s property market suffered…

Narratives are important. Robert Shiller, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, published a book in 2019 explaining how the forces driving economies…

The issuance of “panda bonds” – yuan-denominated debt securities from overseas institutions operating in China – hit a record high…

Attentive readers will know that a year ago I laid out five myths, or dominant but misleading investment narratives, that…

The outlook for Hong Kong’s initial public offering (IPO) market is expected to brighten next year on the back of…

The outlook for Hong Kong’s residential market is divided among analysts, with one consultancy forecasting prices to fall amid oversupply…

The curse of wealth has come upon America – that of abundant capital inflows, inflated financial asset values and a…

Fed chairman Jerome Powell gave the strongest hint of a reduction in rates, which are at a 23-year high, during…

In South Korea, for example, the mere expectation that borrowing costs will soon be reduced has contributed to a sharp…