Economist, Centennial Asia Advisors

Nicholas Chia

Centennial Asia Advisors deliver timely and accurate economic and political analysis to investors, focused on anticipating key turning points that affect the client’s interests in the Asia-Pacific region. Clients include public agencies and central banks, as well as fund managers and investment banks. The company draws strength from its flexibility to tailor products to fit client’s specific interests. It provides detailed macro-economic forecasts, scenario analysis and timely assessments of how specific major economic and political developments may affect a client’s areas of interest. At Centennial Asia Advisors, we tell it like it is. We have no vested interests, no need for a China wall, and no reason to skew our outlook any other way.

Economist

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Centennial Asia Advisors

At Centennial Asia Advisors, we tell it like it is. We have no vested interests, no need for a China wall, and no reason to skew our outlook any other way. With over 30 years experience covering Asia’s political economy, you can be sure our conclusions and analyses are based on the unadulterated facts. Through years of fine-tuning our research methodologies, we deliver a quality of macroeconomic analysis few other houses can match.

Centennial Asia Advisors is an independent research and advisory firm that works with governments, multilateral institutions, financial firms and leading MNCs.

Economic Policy and Strategic Advisors

Macroeconomics

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<li>The dissipation of the second wave of infections will allow a modest, broad-based economic recovery: already manufacturing activity and domestic demand seem to be normalising.</li>
<li>The government has also introduced tax reforms including a hike in the VAT rate and yet another tax amnesty. Fiscal consolidation is likely to proceed at a faster pace than expected as a result, enabling the authorities to guide the fiscal deficit below 3% of GDP by 2023.</li>
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The dissipation of the second wave of infections will allow a modest, broad-based economic recovery: already manufacturing activity and domestic demand seem to be normalising.
The government has also introduced tax reforms including a hike in the VAT rate and yet another tax amnesty. Fiscal consolidation is likely to proceed at a faster pace than expected as a result, enabling the authorities to guide the fiscal deficit below 3% of GDP by 2023.


Indonesia: Tax Reforms Far From Perfect But Is Still A Step In The Right Direction