{"id":109123,"date":"2019-07-18T16:00:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T09:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/standard-chartered-cuts-hong-kongs-growth-prospects-through-2021-as-us-china-trade-war-puts-the-squeeze-on-citys-economy\/"},"modified":"2019-07-18T17:03:01","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T10:03:01","slug":"standard-chartered-cuts-hong-kongs-growth-prospects-through-2021-as-us-china-trade-war-puts-the-squeeze-on-citys-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/standard-chartered-cuts-hong-kongs-growth-prospects-through-2021-as-us-china-trade-war-puts-the-squeeze-on-citys-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Standard Chartered cuts Hong Kong\u2019s growth prospects through 2021 as US-China trade war puts the squeeze on city\u2019s economy"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nStandard Chartered, one of Hong Kong\u2019s three currency-issuing banks, has lowered its economic growth forecast for the city through 2021 due to headwinds from a prolonged US-China trade war, the latest among several financial institutions to cut their outlook.Hong Kong\u2019s gross domestic product (GDP) may grow 1.4 per cent in 2019, expand 2 per cent next year, and increase 2.3 per cent in 2021, the bank said. Earlier forecasts by the bank were 2.2 per cent growth in 2019, 2.6 per cent in 2020 and\u2026
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…Standard Chartered cuts Hong Kong\u2019s growth prospects through 2021 as US-China trade war puts the squeeze on city\u2019s economy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Standard Chartered, one of Hong Kong\u2019s three currency-issuing banks, has lowered its economic growth forecast...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-so3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38771,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/china-buyers-to-undergird-hong-kongs-home-prices-standard-chartered-says\/","url_meta":{"origin":109123,"position":0},"title":"China buyers to undergird Hong Kong\u2019s home prices, Standard 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