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過去半個世紀以來，除了金融危機和新冠肺炎期間，美國聯邦政府的開支和收入佔GDP的比例都相對穩定，平均分別為20.8% 和17.3%。這兩者的差距即為財政赤字，由政府發債填補。

“If several million people go out and travel this year, that may still amount to tens of billions of dollars of downward pressure on the foreign exchange reserves that China has,” said Chen Zhiwu, chair professor of finance at Hong Kong University.

香港特區實施長達3年的嚴控新冠疫情措施後，隨着2022年過去而成為歷史。鑑於去年本地經濟表現遜於預期，加上環球局勢不明朗等因素，特區政府將全年實質本地生產總值（GDP）下調至負3.2%。

“Once the economic conditions stabilize, I would expect a return to whatever was happening prior to November 2022,” says Chen Zhiwu, a professor of finance at the University of Hong Kong.

從5角到1元，雖然價格翻倍，但有市民認為加幅不痛不癢，對制止濫用塑膠購物袋難以奏效。早前也有議員在立法會會議上提出加價至2元，但其決議案被否決。到底應該如何對塑膠購物袋收費，才能達到保護環境的目標呢？

Chen Zhiwu, one of several leading economists who expect Beijing to push through a series of pro-growth policies, said he expects 2023’s target will be “6 per cent or higher” — much higher than the IMF’s projection of 4.4 per cent. “Given that they may aim for an average growth rate of 5 per cent and 2022 is likely to deliver about 3 per cent, they need to have something like 7 per cent for 2023,” says Chen, a professor of finance at Hong Kong University. Several other economists have predicted 2023 GDP growth at above 5 per cent.

Science, an internationally renowned academic journal on scientific research, has recently published a research paper co-authored by Dr Yanbo Wang from HKU Business School and Dr Dongbo Shi from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, titled ‘Has China’s Young Thousand Talents program been successful in recruiting and nurturing top-caliber scientists’, examining the effectiveness of China’s Young Thousand Talents (YTT) programme in recruiting, retaining and nurturing top scientists.

“Given the geopolitical environment, the impact of Covid zero and the domestic political changes in China, Citic Securities probably has no other choice but to make CLSA more domestic-Chinese client focused,” said Chen Zhiwu, chair professor of finance at Hong Kong University.

最近兩宗有關足球運動的新聞，大概受到不少球迷關注。其一是以球王美斯為主力的阿根廷國家足球隊在兩周前第三度贏得世界盃，16年後再將大力神盃從歐洲捧回南美洲。其二是為巴西三奪世界盃的另一球王比利在上星期因病離世。