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Asia investors put aside trade war fears to bet on reflation
Published Tue, Mar 7, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Singapore
THE initial reaction of Asian stock investors to Donald Trump's election victory was clear: sell, on worries his protectionist trade rhetoric could hurt the region's export economies.
Long-term investors have since started to trade on Mr Trump's promises of tax cuts and higher infrastructure spending that will stimulate US growth and pull the world economy along, or the reflation play.
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