Weekly Commentary and Stock Recommendation: 11th September – 15th September 2023

Global Economy According to its September Global Economic Outlook report, Fitch Ratings has revised up its forecast for world growth in 2023 by 0.1% to 2.5%, reflecting surprising resilience so far this year in the US, Japan, and emerging markets (EM) excluding China. Fitch has raised US growth by 0.8% to 2.0%, Japan by 0.7% […]

August 2023 CPI Report | Elevated Price Level – The New Normal?

Elevated Price Level – The New Normal? Earlier today, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released its inflation report for August 2023. Headline inflation continued to surpass its 18-year high as it climbed higher by 172bps Year-on-Year (YoY) to 25.80% from 24.08% in July 2023. Similarly, Food inflation surged by 235bps YoY to 29.34% (vs. […]