'Very high chance' Hong Kong will end year in recession

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Hong Kong is set to end the year in the midst of a full-blown recession, the city’s finance chief warned Thursday, as spiralling interest rates join strict Covid-19 controls in hammering the economy.

HONG KONG, China —

The Chinese city’s monetary policy moves with the Federal Reserve because its currency, one of the cornerstones of its business hub reputation, is pegged to the US dollar. The government has adhered to a version of China’s zero-Covid policy for more than 2.5 years, enforcing strict coronavirus controls and mandatory quarantine for international arrivals.

“Hong Kong should be ahead of other Asian cities. But now there’s a feeling that we’re falling behind and being left isolated,” Eden Woon, the new head of the city’s American Chamber of Commerce told the South China Morning Post in an article published Thursday. “Hong Kong’s population drop is caused by various factors and there is no way to suggest that it is a result of an emigration wave,” Huang Liuquan, deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, said Tuesday.

 

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