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Trinh Nguyen
Nonresident Scholar, Asia Program

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Trinh Nguyen is a nonresident scholar in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She is a senior economist covering emerging Asia at Natixis, based in Hong Kong. Nguyen joined Natixis in October 2015. She previously worked at HSBC as an ASEAN economist from 2011 to 2015.

Nguyen has been awarded best economist on Vietnam by Asia Money. She was a top-ranked regional economist, also by Asia Money. Nguyen’s analysis serves fixed income, equity, and FX markets.

Prior to HSBC, Nguyen was a consultant at the World Bank conducting research on foreign direct investment and indicators for country-specific labor market trends and patterns. She holds a Master of Arts in International Affairs and International Economics, with a specialization on Southeast Asia, from Johns Hopkins University.

Nguyen is regularly featured in Current Economics, a journal that picks top sell-side research reports, and as a guest on CNBC, as well as key international and local news outlets for her insights on emerging Asia.


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Natixis: ‘Unshackling’ Labor Market Policies Should Be India’s Main Priority

Discussing India’s market growth potential and the key policy reforms needed to boost manufacturing and capitalize on the global China decoupling trend.

· December 4, 2024
CNBC
podcast
Making 'Make In India' Come Alive

Trinh Nguyen joins Milan Vaishnav to discuss the steps that the third Modi government must take in response to the country's broader economic challenges.

· June 11, 2024
In The Media
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Next Indonesian President Has to Focus on Job Creation

Whoever wins Indonesia's presidential election will take the reins of a country very much on investors' radar, but still facing fundamental economic challenges.

· February 13, 2024
Nikkei Asia
In The Media
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Natixis' Nguyen on Asia Economy Outlook

Across Asia, traders are facing a lot of problems. South Korea in the first quarter have double digits declined in exports and it is not the only one.

· April 24, 2023
Bloomberg
In The Media
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Natixis' Nguyen on Indian Economy

Trinh Nguyen, EM Asia senior economist at Natixis, discusses her outlook for the Reserve Bank of India's rate decision and her take on the impact of Adani's crisis to the Indian economy.

· February 7, 2023
Bloomberg
In The Media
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India Must Embrace Foreign Financing to Meet Investment Needs

India’s rising population and rapid urbanization mean that the country needs to drastically improve its infrastructure to address woeful inadequacies in telecommunications, transport, and energy.

· December 7, 2022
In The Media
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Asean Should Rise up on the Agenda of Investors

South-east Asia is the diplomatic and business friend that everyone needs. This is not just to diversify supply chains, but also to seek out growth opportunities as hurdles that range from tariffs to investment curbs affect business between the US and China. Investors should take note and follow suit.

· November 13, 2022
commentary
Indonesia’s Controversial Fuel Price Hike Was Actually Necessary

Now, the government should focus more on productive infrastructure investment.

· September 20, 2022
In The Media
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Natixis Trinh Nguyen on ASEAN Economies

Imports from ASEAN are still up. Why is that the case? The reason being is that you have increased investment, not just EU, U.S., and North Koreans, but Chinese investors into Southeast Asia.

· September 2, 2022
commentary
Why the Philippines Is So Vulnerable to Food Inflation

Among emerging Asian economies, it has the fewest tools to fight the global food crisis.

· July 13, 2022