Impact of US trade policy shifts on Hong Kong ‘primarily psychological’: Paul Chan

Changes in US trade policy and interest rate trends will significantly affect Hong Kong’s economy but the impact will be “primarily psychological”, the finance chief has said, while expressing optimism for growth momentum to continue into the second half of the year. Two days after the Hong Kong government raised its full-year economic growth forecast for 2026 to a range of 3.5 to 4.5 per cent, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po, who appeared on a radio show on Sunday, addressed questions…