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>There are 3 reasons why remittances, the lifeblood of the Philippine economy, will surprise on the upside in 2021 (2021e: +6%; BSP forecast: +4%), aided by the lifting of lockdowns across the globe, more stimulus in the developed world, and the prospect of a weaker <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/philippine-peso" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24094:1" rel="noopener">PHP (USDPHP CURNCY)</a>.</li>
<li>The Duterte administration approved the creation of asset management companies that would help already-well-fortified banks offload distressed assets and boost credit growth, which contracted for the first time in more than a decade amid tighter lending standards.</li>
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There are 3 reasons why remittances, the lifeblood of the Philippine economy, will surprise on the upside in 2021 (2021e: +6%; BSP forecast: +4%), aided by the lifting of lockdowns across the globe, more stimulus in the developed world, and the prospect of a weaker PHP (USDPHP CURNCY).
The Duterte administration approved the creation of asset management companies that would help already-well-fortified banks offload distressed assets and boost credit growth, which contracted for the first time in more than a decade amid tighter lending standards.


The Philippines: 3 Reasons Why Remittances Will Surprise On The Upside