Archive List for Asia Squawk Box

January jobs data was a bit ‘misleading’, and U.S. will avoid a recession: Strategist

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Jay Hatfield of Infrastructure Capital Advisors discusses the U.S. jobs market and why he thinks the inverted yield curve does not imply a recession this time.

U.S. military expansion in the Philippines is ‘just one step in a longer process’: Think tank

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Gregory Poling of the Center for Strategic and International Studies discusses what’s behind the United States’ military presence in the Philippines and how it might be perceived by China.

We expect Brent oil prices to be between $85 and $95 a barrel this year, says JPMorgan

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Kerry Craig of JPMorgan Asset Management says unless China’s economy sees “an absolute surge in growth,” oil prices are unlikely to hit over $100 a barrel this year.

Oil demand doesn’t need to be very strong for prices to go meaningfully higher, strategist says

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Michael Tran of RBC Capital Markets says “demand doesn’t need to be particularly strong, it just can’t be weak.”

Philippine economy will grow more than India’s this year, says economist

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Alicia Garcia-Herrero of Natixis says 2023 will be “rather good” for the Philippines, compared with the rest of the region.

We’re still waiting for the dust to settle in China’s property sector, DBS Bank says

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Hou Wey Fook of the Singapore bank discusses China’s reopening and says it likes “the internet platforms, e-commerce, cloud computing plays.”

We’re excited about software, health care and fintech, says investment firm

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Raj Ganguly of B Capital says those areas have “a lot of opportunity globally.”

Chinese yuan will shadow what the broad U.S. dollar does in the short term, says Credit Suisse

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Max Lin of the investment bank says as a medium-term trade, it would short the yuan and “long” the Australian dollar.

The U.S. economy could recover in 2024, Citi says

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Steven Wieting of Citi Global Wealth Investments says a recession “can be short and shallow.”

The ‘immediate opportunity’ for the metaverse goes beyond gaming, analyst says

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Daniel Newman of Futurum Research discusses how the metaverse can be used in the health-care and automobile industries, and says “it’s not about the big headsets and the wearables.”