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Can Asia side-step the world’s economic problems?

Growth is in short supply across the world as inflationary pressures weigh on spending. However, Asian economies are not experiencing the downturn in the same way: inflationary pressures are lower and...

Adviser-Hub 22nd Sep 2022

Market Updates

Asia Japan market review: Asian economies fall into recession

Investor sentiment in Australia received a blow from the government’s decision to put the state of Victoria into lockdown following a surge in Covid-19 infections.

Adviser-Hub 11th Aug 2020

Market Updates

Asian Japan market review: “A crisis like no other”

Asia is facing “a crisis like no other”, according to the IMF, which warned that the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on the region will be “severe and unprecedented” and will outstrip that of the Global...

Adviser-Hub 19th May 2020

Market Updates

Asian Japan market review: Fears grow over Japan’s longer-term outlook

As the coronavirus intensified its grip, officials at the Bank of Japan increased monetary stimulus measures in an emergency meeting in a bid to soothe investors’ jitters.

Adviser-Hub 17th Apr 2020

Market Updates

Asia Japan market review: Double-digit falls in Japan

Asian markets came under pressure during February as coronavirus continued to tighten its grip. By the end of February, South Korea was second only to China in terms of diagnosed cases of coronavirus,...

Adviser-Hub 4th Mar 2020

Market Updates

Global bond market review: Fed cuts rates once again

Following a raft of interest-rate cuts in the third quarter of 2019, the loosening monetary trend continued into the fourth quarter as central banks reduced their key rates.

Adviser-Hub 7th Nov 2019

Market Updates

Asian Japan markets review: Japan raises consumption tax

Japan’s much-anticipated rise in consumption tax finally took place on 1 October.

Adviser-Hub 7th Nov 2019

Market Updates

Asian Japan market review: Australia and South Korea cut interest rates

Confidence amongst large Japanese manufacturers continued to deteriorate, according to the Bank of Japan’s quarterly Tankan survey.

Adviser-Hub 19th Aug 2019

Market Updates

Asian Japan markets review: Trade tensions hit growth in Asia

Economic growth picked up in Japan during the first quarter of 2019, despite the continuing trade tensions between the US and China.

Adviser-Hub 10th Jul 2019

Market Updates

Asian Japan markets review: Bank of Japan provides additional guidance

Japan’s interest rates will remain unchanged until the beginning of 2020 at the earliest, according to the BoJ’s updated guidance.

Adviser-Hub 14th May 2019

Market Updates

Asian Japan markets review: Trade deal hopes boost sentiment

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 Index reached its highest level since mid-December during February, boosted by US President Donald Trump’s decision to delay tariff increases on imports from China.

Adviser-Hub 6th Mar 2019

Market Updates

Asian Japan markets review: Japan faces economic headwinds in 2019

Japan’s economy contracted at an annualised rate of 2.5% during the third quarter of 2018, compared with an earlier calculation of -1.2%. Activity was curtailed during the year by a series of natural...

Adviser-Hub 18th Dec 2018

Market Updates

Asian Japan markets review: Natural disasters dampen Japan’s growth

Japan’s economy shrank during the three months to September, contracting at an annualised rate of 1.2%. Spending and export activity were hampered over the summer by a series of natural disasters.

Adviser-Hub 7th Dec 2018

Market Updates

Tit-for-tat trade war continues

September 2018 As the trade war between the US and China rumbled on, the US imposed tariffs of 10% on US$200 billion-worth of Chinese products, rising to 25% on 1 January next year, and China retal...

Adviser-Hub 4th Oct 2018

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Asia Japan market review: Japan shrugs off fresh hostility from North Korea

Despite a fresh display of aggression from North Korea towards Japan, the share prices of large Japanese companies generally rose during November.

Adviser-Hub 11th Dec 2017

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