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.
从去年的反政府抗议活动，到大幅飙升的失业率，再到新冠病毒大流行造成的影响，说香港经历了一段艰难时期未免过于轻描淡写。然而，现在似乎浮现了一线希望，那就是港元。目前港元汇率强势地站在1美元兑7.75港元水平，这是自2015年12月以来从没达到过的水平。这种情况并非偶然，而是多种因素综合作用的结果，包括港元在这种困难时期作为一种安全货币的地位、套息交易以及最近的一宗首次公开募股(IPO)。这些情况似乎都预示着，在“后疫情”时期的金融领域，香港将会有一个稳固的地位，尤其是就股市来说。