Andrew Freris, CEO, Ecognosis Advisory and Vishnu Varathan, Head of Macro Asia-ex-Japan, Fixed Income, Mizuho Securities weigh in on the latest US CPI and PPI data. They also discuss how inflationary pressure might increase with president-elect Donald Trump’s tariff hikes.

Martin Abert, President of the Hong Kong New Zealand Business Association, as well as Chairman of FunctionEight, talks about the business links between Hong Kong and New Zealand.

Diana Mousina, Deputy Chief Economist, AMP Australia speaks on the RBA decision this week and Australia’s employment data. She also comments on a NAB survey that says Australia’s business conditions are at its worst since the pandemic.