Market View: To what extent can the easing of Covid-19 restrictions in China boost the country’s economy?

Your Way Home with Hongbin Jeong · Jul 4, 2022 · 12m

Investors are keenly watching the latest developments in China. Earlier, Beijing was rolling back to its Covid-19 control to better support its ailing economy. Quarantine period for overseas travellers, for one, had shrunk to 7 days from the 14 to 21 days previously. Digital travel passes will also no longer indicate whether a person has visited high-risk cities - further boosting domestic travels. But to what extent would such relaxation of Covid-19 measures boost the world's second largest economies? To what extent will a recent flare up of Covid-19 cases in eastern China throw a spanner in…