Economist and Author

Global Economy + Finance

Watch the financial cycle: are we headed for recession?
Indicators suggest that something is not right at all Read more →
Hong Kong is going to cost China
HK may be an economic minnow in China now, but in finance, it punches at heavyweight league Read more →
China is speeding ahead but the brakes may well change things sharply
The assertion that China's economy will soon be the largest in the world is a factoid Read more →
The threat of recession looms over this G20 summit
The US-China trade war could soon tip the world economy into a downturn Read more →
Xi Jinping backs off Hong Kong — for now
Hong Kong’s worst political crisis since the handover in 1997 is far from over The Communist Party will not accept a situation where Hong Kongers have recourse to civil disobedience Hong Kong protestors want the extradition bill withdrawn altogether — and Carrie Lam’s resignation Read more →