香港中通社6月14日電 (記者 關秀英)美國聯邦儲備局14日起一連兩日召開議息會議。美國在上月通脹率升至8.6%,再創40年新高後,美國多個媒體預測,局方很可能大幅加息,市場預期美聯儲加息75個基點,令美元再創近20年新高。香港經濟學家估計,美聯儲或在本周加息75個基點,而最近走勢疲弱,不斷創新低的日元亦可能會進一步下跌。

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A member of the Monetary Authority's currency board subcommittee says it is still the best option for Hong Kong to maintain its dollar peg to the greenback. Professor Tang Heiwai, the Director of the University of Hong Kong's Asia Global Institute, said despite recent interest rate rises by the US Federal Reserve, there had been minimal capital outflow of Hong Kong dollars to US dollars. He spoke to Janice Wong.
歐洲理事會主席米歇爾表示,歐盟領導人同意禁止俄羅斯向歐盟27個成員國出口石油,這項措施將涵蓋超過三分之二來自俄羅斯的石油。此舉一旦落實,將會對全球帶來什麽影響?會否帶動石油價格再次飆升?
數碼帶動“工業4.0”,發揮“香港智造”新優勢!科技園公司將3個分別位於元朗、大埔、將軍澳工業邨重新定位為“創新園”,當中將軍澳創新園的先進製造業中心(簡稱AMC)上月開幕,展開香港再工業化的一個新里程。
Heiwai Tang, HKU Economics professor and newly-appointed director of the Asia Global Institute, predicts that Hong Kong's housing market will rebound after overcoming the short-term shocks in the local and global economy.
Asia Global Institute Director and HKU Economics professor, Heiwai Tang, tells #TalkTheWalk that the resilience of Hong Kong's financial services is strong amid the economic downdraft brought by Covid restrictions and supply chain shocks.
5月13日香港特區統計處發佈一季度本地生產總值(GDP),同比收縮4%,中斷了過去連續四個季度的復蘇勢頭。香港財政司司長陳茂波形容,2022年第一季度充滿驚濤駭浪,第五波疫情對經濟造成沉重打擊。