A natural companion to Money Talk, The Close will wrap the day’s market action, delving into what you need to know about the economy and investment planning. Join the team and their expert guests to get the very latest on the day's top business stories, as well as looking at how your lifestyle can affect your wallet and more, every weekday afternoon 5.05pm to 6pm (HKT) on RTHK Radio 3.
12/08/2026 - Business and Market Discussion
As the effects of the yen intervention start to fade, Kelvin Wong, Senior Market Analyst at OANDA, and our resident financial expert Peter Guy, join Jeff Cheung to discuss how central banks around the world might approach FX intervention in the future as the Japanese Ministry of Finance struggles to keep the yen strengthened. Meanwhile, Norway’s sovereign wealth fund recently disclosed a 0.05% stake in SpaceX valued at $1.22 billion, which could be interpreted as a vote of confidence by the world's biggest sovereign wealth fund.
12/08/2026 - Kostantsa Rangelova - Battery Technologies
Kostantsa Rangelova, Global Energy Analyst at Ember, speaks to Jeff about the evolution of battery technologies and where the world stands in moving from non-renewable to renewable energy, as the world starts to increasingly treat energy as a matter of national security rather than just an environmental goal.

25/08/2025 - Business and Market Discussion
Carolyn Wright is joined by David Roche, President & Global Strategist at Quantum Strategy and Richard Harris, CEO of Port Shelter Investment Management for the business and markets discussions. This includes thoughts on Jerome Powell, chair of the US central bank, giving a boost to expectations that there will be an interest rate cut in September, a move President Trump has been demanding for months.
25/08/2025 - Startup Spotlight - Violet Kwek