Mairead McGuinness, Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Stability and Capital Markets Union at the European Commission, discusses regulation of the crypto assets.
Rory Green, head of China and Asia economics at TS Lombard, discusses the eruption of protests across China against strict Covid-19 lockdown measures, and the outlook for the Chinese economy.
Shikha Jain, partner at Simon-Kucher & Partners, discusses Walmart’s quarterly earnings and the impact of current economic conditions on the retail sector.
Stephen Isaacs, chairman of the investment committee at Alvine Capital, says markets look poised for a sustained rally in the first quarter of 2023 after the latest U.S. CPI data showed inflation may be coming under control.
The recent party conference in China indicated continuity on the strict regulation of tech companies, with reference to tackling monopolies. But the leadership’s overall stance has become more positive amid the current sell-off, according to Duncan Wrigley, chief China economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics.