Most analysts believe that Hong Kong can weather the series of interest rate hikes in the United States in the coming two years just like it did in the last Federal Reserve tightening cycle when rates ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-18
... ounding a Federal Reserve rate hike rather than the city's economic fundamentals. I believe global monetary environment overall will continue to be easy in coming year, providing a safety net for inve ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-17
The US Federal Reserve will follow up on Wednesday's rate hike with three more tightening moves in 2016, with the first of those initiatives likely in June, according to a prominent fund manager. "Re ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-17
The US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates for the first time in almost a decade. Fed chairwoman Janet Yellen said the widely telegraphed move will be followed by “gradual” tightening as officia ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-17
Hong Kong’s lenders are awash with near-record levels of interbank funds, allowing them to resist the immediate need to pass on any interest rate increase by the US Federal Reserve. China’s devaluatio ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-16
Fears are reverberating across US after the entire Los Angeles school district was shut down over a threatened attack on Tuesday. Federal officials later said the threat was likely a hoax but said it ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-16
... Manhattan federal court over the former's alleged illegal reproduction of the photo, Reuters reports. It depicts a man sitting beside a woman painting on a beach with an easel, which Gray said is "nea ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-15
... known as Federal Loan Obligations (OFZ) [in Russian: Облигации Федерального Займа]. “Chinese investors are already in the Russian market, but they enter Russia through other jurisdictions, using US d ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-12
Liftoff by the US Federal Reserve is very likely to occur this month, and the strength of the US dollar has led to capital outflows from emerging markets and depreciation in their currencies. China’s ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-12
Global markets have corrected a bit, especially in Europe, partly owing to disappointment over central bank policies. The market's focus now is on the US Federal Reserve’s meeting next week, at which ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-11
... t. The US Federal Aviation Administration presented Honda with type certification for its seven-seat HondaJet on Tuesday, Honda's aircraft unit said. The company has 25 planes in final assembly in Nor ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-11
... stralia’s Federal Police and its state counterparts arrested a 15-year-old youth and a 20-year-old man. Three men already in prison on terrorism offenses were charged over involvement in the plan. “As ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-11
... year. The Federal Reserve would be moving in opposite direction from European and Japanese central banks with regard to monetary policy. That would lead to a strong dollar. Also, there might be financ ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-10
... n a dozen federal police officers entered a house registered on the electoral roll to Craig Steven Wright, identified by technology news website Wired as the real Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous fi ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-10
... le as the Federal Reserve is expected to take a gradual approach in hiking interest rates. Hong Kong's real economy is being hurt by the currency peg. Besides, expectations of a Fed liftoff are trigge ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-08
... as the US Federal Reserve relentlessly drove down both short- and long-term interest rates. With college tuition soaring, the only way their children could get the education that would provide a modic ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-08
... t, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation said. The latest disclosures in the FBI-led investigation came as San Bernardino County employees began returning to work under tighter security, five days af ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-08
... ed the US Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2014, will lead the PIMCO Global Advisory Board, Reuters reported. He was named a senior adviser of the Newport Beach, California-based bond investing firm in ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-08
Hong Kong's property market is likely to face downward pressure when the US Federal Reserve increases interest rates for the first time in a decade, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority warns. The Fed is ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-07
... hough the Federal Reserve is normalizing its monetary policy, the low interest rate environment in other economies will support the demand for fixed income products. Thus, the yield of government trea ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-07
