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Asian business confidence rebounds sharply, pandemic casts shadow - Thomson Reuters/INSEAD survey

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Business sentiment among Asian firms rebounded in the third quarter as easing coronavirus restrictions lifted sales but lingering uncertainty over the pandemic thwarted a return to business-as-usual, a Thomson Reuters/INSEAD survey showed.

FILE PHOTO: People wearing face masks following the coronavirus disease outbreak walk at a shopping mall in Hong Kong, China July 20, 2020. REUTERS/Lam Yik/File Photo

“We’re recovering with a large dose of uncertainty,” said Antonio Fatas, an economics professor at global business school INSEAD in Singapore. Some 28% of companies in the third quarter were positive about their outlook, the survey showed, up sharply from 7.6% in the second quarter. About 60% of the firms polled said they did not hire or lay off people this quarter, in contrast to the second quarter’s survey in which 63% said they had cut jobs.Companies polled included Australia-listed Oil Search, Indian motorcycle maker Hero MotoCorp and Japanese car maker Suzuki Motor Corp.

Indeed, some investors are shunning Asia’s riskier, high-yielding markets, despite the ample liquidity pumped into the financial system by central banks globally this year.

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Guess a short sharp lockdown is better for the economy than seesawing in the West.

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