Richard Harris, CEO of Port Shelter Investment Management, tells Nitin Dialdas he is seeing some green shoots for economic recovery in mainland China’s domestic market, but trade headwinds remain for the export market. Moving onto big tech, he says the sector will remain important for some time to come, but there may be some jostling for position, with Apple needing to come up with new ideas for example.

Carolyn Wright speaks with Lillian Li, Vice President and Senior Credit Officer at Moody’s Ratings, on what investors need to know about the outlook for growth in mainland China.

Sayuri Shirai, Visiting Fellow and Advisor for Sustainable Policies at the Asian Development Bank Institute says the BOJ did more than what was expected last week, but the yen weakened as we didn’t see a significant change to the interest differential with the US. She goes on to talk about inflation, saying price hikes are causing domestic consumers to tighten their belts and that though tourists are consuming more, that isn’t having a big impact on economic growth.