6 June 2023
Bigger Picture: Satellites don't lie, China growth is slowing
Sailesh Kumar Jha, Chief Economist and Head of Market Research at RHB Banking Group discusses how the bank's proprietary satellite images are showing signs that China's growth is weakening, and optimism over the re-opening story is misplaced.

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14 March 2023
Bigger Picture: Time to take profit from Chinese markets
Sailesh Jha, Group Chief Economist & Head of Market Research, RHB Banking discusses why the MSCI China is due for downside of 10-15% in 1H23.

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7 February 2023
Money in the Market: Can EM outperform the US this year?
It’s been a long, hard struggle for emerging-market equities. Since peaking in late 2010, emerging markets have underperformed global developed equities amid a confluence of macroeconomic and market headwinds. But, in the beginning of this year -  emerging market equities have rallied more than a fifth from their October trough. So could this emerging-market equities’ rebound rally extend throughout the rest of the year? On Money in the Market, The Afternoon Update’s Hongbin Jeong speaks to Dr Sailesh Jha, Group Chief Economist and Head of Market Research at RHB to find out more.

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26 October 2022
Market View: US tech earnings, Rishi Sunak and UK’s fiscal policies and China’s GDP growth
US tech earnings will likely continue to drive market action with major players such as Apple and Amazon reporting later in the week. Over in Europe, former British finance minister Rishi Sunak will succeed Liz Truss as the next UK Prime Minister after his rivals quit the race. But can investors there heave a sigh of relief just yet? Closer to home, Hong Kong’s shares took a beating earlier in the week while China’s third quarter growth beat expectations, but what implications would these have on the world’s second largest economy? On Market View, Prime Time’s finance presenter Chua Tian Tian unpacked the key happenings of the week with  Dr. Sailesh Kumar Jha, Group Chief Economist and Head of Market Research at RHB Bank Berhad.

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3 February 2021
Bigger Picture: USD to appreciate, Malaysia to attract capital inflows
Sailesh Jha, Chief Economist, RHB Banking Group, discusses the thinking behind his contrarian calls for the greenback to see strength in the near term, and Malaysia to benefit from capital inflows..

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