Developing countries are bracing for a major slowdown this year. According to the UN report World Economic Situation and Prospects 2016, their growth will average only 3.8 percent this year -- the low ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-19
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro devalued the currency and raised heavily subsidized fuel prices in an effort to stem a widening economic crisis. The measures are meant to help shore up the OPEC na ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-18
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) aside, it can happen to anyone. The condom breaks. You forgot to take your pill or change your patch, or your shipment of vaginal rings from the United States or B ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-17
Overseas spending by Chinese tourists totaled 1.2 trillion yuan (US$185 billion) last year, according to data from the nation's commerce ministry. Growing online spending and expanding overseas purch ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-15
科技為我們的生活帶來方便，也為我們的下一代帶來各種挑戰。最近，學界經常提及如何在校內推動STEM教育，當中涉及 ...全文
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is joining for the first time efforts to stem the flow of migrants into Europe. The alliance said it is sending ships from its standing maritime force to the Aeg ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-12
Financial markets are getting more volatile as we step into the Year of the Monkey. The eurozone debt crisis has had an impact on financial markets during the three-day Lunar New Year holiday. Accor ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-11
To predict the movements of the renminbi this year, we need to consider three key factors. First, the internationalization of the renminbi has enhanced the impact of its exchange rate on emerging-mark ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-10
In its relentless search for ways to undermine Hong Kong’s rule of law and send out negative signals to the international community, the Leung administration is now seriously considering joining paria ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-05
Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand have agreed to cut rubber exports collectively by nearly 20 percent in a bid to stem the steep decline in prices of the commodity, the Wall Street Journal reported. Th ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-05
Financial markets have shown signs of stabilizing recently after experiencing increased volatility in the first few weeks of the year. In the United States, the latest economic data pointed to weaken ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-29
HSBC Holdings Plc (00005.HK) will no longer provide mortgages to some Chinese nationals who buy real estate in the United States. The policy change came amid Beijing's efforts to stem the outflow of c ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-29
Chinese regulators want several domestic funds to postpone new outbound investment products amid a capital flight that is undermining the yuan and spooking global investors. China's stock markets are ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-29
Where is the bottom line for the yuan's depreciation? My bold guess is the Chinese currency will hover in the range of 6.7 and 7.0 against the US dollar in the onshore market until the end of this yea ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-18
The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) is busy fighting for pricing power over the renminbi exchange rate. But pushing up Hong Kong interbank rates and draining the offshore renminbi pool is a double-edge ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-14
The Hang Seng Index is down 9 percent, or more than 2,000 points, in the first six trading days of the year while the China Enterprise Index is off 11.8 percent. That means most investors have suffere ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-12
Hong Kong's general air quality improved last year compared to 2014, but high ozone levels, which mainly stem from vehicle and factory emissions in China's Pearl River Delta region, need to be brought ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-06
