Housing market: What to expect in 2023
In a housing market crash, you would typically see a 20% to 30% drop in home prices and a decline in home sales—far more than what’s currently happening...
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Medical tourism: Opportunity for the healthcare sector?
The prominence and fame of medical tourism have given rise to the medical tourist hospitality industry...
Reopening of China to benefit Thai economy?
SCB CIO anticipates that China will further relax its monetary policy by lowering the minimum reserve ratio demanded by commercial banks...
Economy 2023: Asian giants walk a tightrope
IMF has predicted a strong rebound for COVID-hit Chinese economy in 2023, with industrial mobility and activities picking up the pace...
Dictating markets: Understanding Fed’s policy instruments
The Fed and other central banks worldwide employ short-term interest rate manipulation as their primary instrument...
Business Leader of the Week: Meet Zhang Xin, woman who built Beijing
In 2011, Zhang Xin acquired USD 600 million dollar stakes in New York City's Park Avenue Plaza, followed by 40% stakes in General Motors in 2014...
Tesla to switch to iron-based batteries for electric trucks as it beefs up China investments
In 2022 December, Tesla began shipping its semi-electric trucks with nickel-based batteries and a more extended 500-mile range between charges...
IF Insights: Virgin Orbit bankruptcy & the saga of Sir Richard Branson’s business failures
Sir Richard Branson is an adventure freak, as he made several world record-breaking attempts...
IF Insights: Jack Dorsey’s Block, Hindenburg Research & activist short-selling
The Hindenburg report accused the Jack Dorsey-led company of not revealing its business economics, despite a 2022 Credit Suisse study flagging the payment app's trade practices...
Global banking crisis: Something catastrophic is coming
Credit Suisse’s profitability and the future of its investment banking section were under scrutiny...