26 October 2022
Market View: US tech earnings, Rishi Sunak and UK’s fiscal policies and China’s GDP growth
US tech earnings will likely continue to drive market action with major players such as Apple and Amazon reporting later in the week. Over in Europe, former British finance minister Rishi Sunak will succeed Liz Truss as the next UK Prime Minister after his rivals quit the race. But can investors there heave a sigh of relief just yet? Closer to home, Hong Kong’s shares took a beating earlier in the week while China’s third quarter growth beat expectations, but what implications would these have on the world’s second largest economy? On Market View, Prime Time’s finance presenter Chua Tian Tian unpacked the key happenings of the week with  Dr. Sailesh Kumar Jha, Group Chief Economist and Head of Market Research at RHB Bank Berhad.

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3 February 2021
Bigger Picture: USD to appreciate, Malaysia to attract capital inflows
Sailesh Jha, Chief Economist, RHB Banking Group, discusses the thinking behind his contrarian calls for the greenback to see strength in the near term, and Malaysia to benefit from capital inflows..

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