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Apple has told expectant iPhone customers that deliveries of their new devices could take some time after China's draconian Covid lockdown measures were instigated in the world's largest iPhone factory, causing it to be closed.
Most countries worldwide would be happy at the moment to have an inflation rate of 2.8%, but not China, where it represents the fastest consumer inflation since April 2020 and is slightly higher than the 2.5% year-on-year level seen in August.
Hong Kong as an IPO hub is losing some of its shine, hit by concerns over escalating inflation, rising interest rates, falling stock prices, and China's never-ending zero-Covid policy.
