In his recent article published in SCMP, Dr Andy Xie, renowned economist, warned that the US-China technology war is about to burst the tech bubble. China is an economy that overinvests, while the US overconsumes: a marriage of convenience allowed these two one-legged individuals to lean on each other and keep their balance. But as […]
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Dr Andy Xie: How the US Federal Reserve created a financial opioid crisis in the West
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Jul
Jul
In his recent article in SCMP, Dr Andy Xie opined that how the US Federal Reserve created a financial opioid crisis in the West. Nowadays it is popular on both the left and right to blame China for the US’ woes. The Fed is even more at fault. It gave the West a painkiller. The […]
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Andy Xie: Coronavirus lessons for China: prioritise health care and quality of life over economic growth
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May
May
Dr Andy Xie, renowned economist, in his recent SCMP article, opined that the pandemic has shown that countries with robust health care systems could contain the spread of Covid-19 without a complete shutdown. Instead of the mindless pursuit of debt-fuelled GDP growth, China should focus on revamping its scandal-ridden health care sector. The household deleveraging […]
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Dr Andy Xie: How the greedy ruling elite failed us, by putting profit before pandemic preparedness
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Apr
Apr
In his recent SCMP article, Dr Andy Xie, renowned economist opined that the ruling elite has failed us, by putting profit before pandemic preparedness. The ruling class has been ignoring expert warnings of a pandemic, which resulted in the difficult situation the world is now facing. Ay attempts to align supply chains to health care […]
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Dr Andy Xie: Three ways the coronavirus could trigger a global financial crisis – and why central bankers are to blame
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Mar
Mar
In his most recent SCMP article, Dr Andy Xie details how the coronavirus (COVID-19) could trigger a global financial crisis. Dr Xie talked about the most vulnerable industries: tourism-related companies, commercial real estate sector and residential property market. He also discussed how cutting interest rates will not help these sectors, but it will boost speculation. […]
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Andy Xie: Luck may be the only thing standing between the coronavirus and a US stock market crash
09
Mar
Mar
In his recent SCMP article, Andy Xie posited that the slowdown in Chinese manufacturing and ripple effect on global supply chains will hit the global economy hard, even if a recession can be avoided. He further emphasized that if the coronavirus outbreak cannot be contained by summer, a crash worse than the 2008 crisis awaits America’s […]
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Dr Andy Xie: With US trade deal, China kicks the can of economic reforms down the road – at greater cost to itself
30
Jan
Jan
Dr Andy Xie believes that the “phase-one trade deal between China and the United States is not substantial enough to stop both economies from decoupling“. He elaborates on this and more in his most recent SCMP article: Buying time with bribes is not a good strategy for China. It kicks the can down the road but at […]
04
Nov
Nov
Renowned economist Dr Andy Xie shared vital insights on restoring peace in Hong Kong, in his recent opinion piece for South China Morning Post. Dr Xie believes that to be able “to restore peace to Hong Kong, big businesses, developers, homeowners and the tax man must all accept the pain of drastic economic reform.” High […]
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Dr Andy Xie: US-China trade war: both sides have reason to compromise, but their differences remain intractable
03
Oct
Oct
Dr Andy Xie has shared his latest insights on the US-China trade war. He thinks that China has its hands full with pork price inflation and Hong Kong unrest while Trump needs happy investors and farmers ahead of the presidential election. But as long as China can’t commit to structural economic reforms and the US […]
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Dr Andy Xie: Can Trump keep the US stock market bubble from popping as the world economy slows?
02
Sep
Sep
In his recent SCMP article Dr Andy Xie shares his insights on the global economic outlook. Dr Xie tackles how the US president has managed to keep the market afloat by offering economic nerves and discusses this in relation to the slowing economy in China (and the world). Here are some salient points: As the […]
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Dr Andy Xie: Hong Kong and Singapore, so similar yet so different – it’s all about housing, money and politics
12
Aug
Aug
Dr Andy Xie 謝國忠, renowned Economist, shared his insights on the recent disturbance in Hong Kong. The most bizarre development in Hong Kong’s real estate market is the rise of nano flats. Hong Kong’s developers increase housing affordability by shrinking size. Even these car-sized flats cost about 10 years’ income. It is amazing to see how […]