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Assessing Singapore and China's GDP Releases Along with ASEAN COVID Risks

2021/7/15
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Money Matters with Hongbin Jeong and Chua Tian Tian

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China's 2Q GDP figures came in below market expectations, while Singapore's Advanced 2Q GDP print shrank 2% on a sequential basis. On top of that, resurgent COVID-19 cases continue to bear hard on Southeast Asia's major economies. Ong Sin Beng, JPMorgan's Chief Economist for the ASEAN region, joined us to talk about the recent GDP releases, and which economies in the region may be most vulnerable to the resurgent COVID risks.

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