From last year’s anti-government protests to a surging unemployment rate and the fallout from the pandemic, to say Hong Kong has endured a rough patch is something of an understatement. But there appears to be a flicker of hope in the form of the Hong Kong dollar, now pegged at a strong 7.75 per U.S. dollar—a value not reached since December 2015. This isn’t some random occurrence but the result of the HK dollar’s status as a safe currency in these difficult times, the carry trade, and a recent IPO. Together, these facts seem to augur a solid position for Hong Kong in the post-Covid-19 financial landscape, especially for the stock market.
從去年的反政府抗議活動，到大幅飆升的失業率，再到新冠病毒大流行造成的影響，說香港經歷了一段艱難時期未免過于輕描淡寫。然而，現在似乎浮現了一線希望，那就是港元。目前港元匯率強勢地站在1美元兌7.75港元水平，這是自2015年12月以來從沒達到過的水平。這種情況并非偶然，而是多種因素綜合作用的結果，包括港元在這種困難時期作為一種安全貨幣的地位、套息交易以及最近的一宗首次公開募股(IPO)。這些情況似乎都預示著，在“后疫情”時期的金融領域，香港將會有一個穩固的地位，尤其是就股市來說。