AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoMonetary Tightening: The Bank of Korea lifted its base rate to 3% for the second straight month, aiming to cool inflation, the won, home prices and household debt, while AI Chip Demand: Nvidia’s blockbuster forecast added about US$442B in market value and reinforced that AI growth is still supply-constrained, with memory shortages flagged as the key bottleneck; Mortgage Market Shake-up: New Zealand’s home-loan market shows clear winners and losers by bank share of quarterly changes, with underperformers like ASB/ANZ/Westpac and pressure on margins as rivals fight for share; Property & Rates Anxiety: Australia’s hotter-than-expected inflation revived rate-hike fears, threatening buyer hesitation just as spring listings ramp; Nigeria Capital Markets: Nigeria re-enters FTSE Russell frontier status from Sept. 21, backed by FX and settlement reforms including a T+1 shift; Energy Storage Growth: China’s Sigenergy reported a surge in H1 revenue and profit, led by its SigenStor storage lineup; APAC App Economy: AppsFlyer finds diverging APAC trends where installs no longer reliably predict paying-user growth, with finance and gaming moving in opposite directions; Space Execution Risk: SpaceX plans a $100B Starship launch complex in Louisiana, promising scale but hinging on testing and reuse progress.
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