I attended a CIMB seminar today, exclusive to preferred customers, and one of the key speakers was Song Seng Wun.  I remembered interviewing Song when I was a reporter a very long time ago.  He is still the same tongue-in-check economist who has a very unique sense of fashion (aka suspender pants guy).  I enjoy listening to him speak not so much because his analysis was spot on (economists rarely are anyway!) but more on how he derived his conclusions and also because of his extremely candid takes on the economy using non-traditional statistics. Not forgetting, his spluttering of dialectal slang. Here are a few key takeaways just for sharing.  As usual, it's up to you to decide if you wish to buy it or not: - The world economy is projected to grow at a slower pace, and as Song has said, there is really no need ......