Hong Kong

Public dissatisfaction with the government is growing due to a widening rich-poor gap and unaffordable housing prices. Indeed, despite the administration's uncharacteristic budget u-turn,... 2011-04-01

Hong Kong's headline consumer price inflation (CPI) rose by 3.7% y-o-y in February, from 3.6% in January, the fourth straight month of acceleration. Although we are bumping up our 2011... 2011-03-23

Hong Kong's seasonally-adjusted unemployment continued on its downtrend, coming in at 3.6% for the three months ending February. Despite the positive headline figure, we note that total... 2011-03-22

Furthering regional cooperation was one of the themes in Hong Kong's FY2011/12 budget, and Taiwan was highlighted as a region the territory is keen to strengthen cooperation with in... 2011-03-04

BMI View: Hong Kong's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 3.8% for the three months ending January, from 4.0% in November, the lowest reading in 26 months. Labour market... 2011-03-04

Hong Kong's Financial Secretary unveiled a HKD80bn budget for 2012/13 intended to soften the adverse impact of a global slowdown on the city's economy. Among the measures are a whole... 2011-02-03

Hong Kong's political landscape appears to be undergoing several changes ahead of the district council and legislative elections. The Democratic Party, the territory's most prominent... 2011-02-02

BMI View: Hong Kong's seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate fell to 4.0% for the three months ending December, the lowest reading since November 2008. The decline came despite an increased... 2011-02-02

Real estate stocks across the region have considerable room to fall further, in our view. Due to the property market dynamics in their respective countries, we expect Hong Kong property... 2011-01-31

BMI View: Unprecedented monetary and fiscal stimuli in response to the onset of the global financial crisis have spawned property bubbles across Asia. We believe current property prices... 2011-01-31