Bumpy Ride for Hong Kong Amid Omicron Wave

Carlos Casanova, Senior Economist, UBP

18-Feb-22 07:00

Bumpy Ride for Hong Kong Amid Omicron Wave

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Hong Kong is facing multiple challenges as community infections of Covid-19 increase in the island state. We discuss the impact this has on Hong Kong's reputation as a financial hub, pressures on the Hong Kong dollar as well as the outlook for the Singapore economy in 2022. Image credit: Unsplash.com

Produced by: Mike Gong

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Philip See, Tan Chen Li

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Categories: trends and forecasts, investments, markets

Tags: hong kong, financial hub, currency, singapore,

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