Japan upgrades economic outlook

Frederic Neumann of HSBC and Nicole Wong of CLSA discuss if Hong Kong's real estate sector is facing selling pressure or if investors are just stuck in a

Pygmalion and Galatea by Jean-Léon Gérôme I felt compelled to respond to Dr. Frederic Neumann's recent post . In it, Dr. Neuman mentions some of the very real challenges faced by people who want a partner, particularly people out of their 20s, ...

author: HSBC's Neumann Sees `No Lasting Impact' of Korea Tension published: 23 Mar 2012 views: 135 May 26 (Bloomberg) -- Frederic Neumann, an economist at HSBC Holdings Plc, talks with Bloomberg's Linzie Janis about the effects of the tension ...

China's manufacturing is contracting in May for the first time in seven months, adding to signs that economic growth is losing steam for a second quarter. The preliminary reading of 49.6 for a Purchasing Managers Index (EC11FLAS) released today by ...

Japan's robust economic growth in the first quarter— 3.5% on an annualized basis , wellhead of predictions—is a sign that the radical monetary and fiscal policies of prime minister Shinzo Abe are helping.But if Japan's growth and accompanying ...

The boom in equity markets from Frankfurt to New York and Tokyo has yet to reach Shanghai, which continues to lag behind its global peers. Still, analysts reckon China stocks will soon play catch-up. China's benchmark stock index, the Shanghai ...

Jeany Rose Callora left her home on the Philippine island of Negros last year to work at a soft- drinks factory in Manila, hoping to earn money for college. When her contract ended six months later, she said she couldn't get another job in Southeast ...

HONG KONG For many countries, inflows of cash would be a blessing. But incoming money has proved to be too much of a good thing in parts of the Asia-Pacific region, pushing currencies to uncomfortably high levels just as economic growth is tapering ...

London - The growth outlook for emerging markets weakened to a seven-month low in April as Chinese and other output data disappointed, with Brazil the only bright spot, according to a monthly HSBC survey on Wednesday. Weaker Chinese data and reduced ...