{"id":155382,"date":"2025-06-09T16:02:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T09:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hibor-plunge-a-bigger-deal-for-stock-market-than-hong-kongs-property-sector\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T16:54:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T09:54:01","slug":"hibor-plunge-a-bigger-deal-for-stock-market-than-hong-kongs-property-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hibor-plunge-a-bigger-deal-for-stock-market-than-hong-kongs-property-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Hibor plunge a bigger deal for stock market than Hong Kong\u2019s property sector"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHong Kong needs all the help it can get. Since 2018, the city has suffered one shock after another, preventing a meaningful recovery from taking hold and fuelling concerns about its position as a global financial centre.
\nAs an importer of US monetary policy with an economy that is far more synchronised with that of mainland China, Hong Kong has been the biggest casualty of economic and policy divergence between the world\u2019s two largest economies, prompting renewed questions about the suitability…
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…Hibor plunge a bigger deal for stock market than Hong Kong\u2019s property sector<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hong Kong needs all the help it can get. 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