US Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen has defended the central bank's low-rate policy of the past several years, saying such stance was needed to spur the economy at a critical time. In a letter ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-24
The Hang Seng Index is likely to rally further amid improving market sentiment after hitting a 20-day average of 22,653 points last week. The Federal Reserve has sent a clear signal for the first US ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-23
... since the Federal Reserve wound up quantitative easing at the end of last year, a US rate hike has been a question of when, not if. Delays of the anticipated move have somehow undermined the Fed’s rep ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-23
There have been some arguments that the US Federal Reserve should hold off on its rate hike as the supporting factors for wage growth are still weak in the country, and as the global economy is also p ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-21
... om the US Federal Reserve suggest the currency should fall. Fear of capital flight and expected inflows on the back of the yuan's inclusion in the International Monetary Fund’s Special Drawing Rights ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-20
... th the US Federal Reserve’s efforts to bring inflation under control in the fall of 1979, which caused international interest rates to spike, triggering a deep recession in the US and elsewhere. The s ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-20
... by the US Federal Reserve, money market funds provided an alternative to bank deposits. In the 1980s, the crisis involving US savings and loans institutions was essentially a shadow-banking crisis. In ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-20
... to the US Federal Reserve's expected interest rate hike. If the Fed begins raising rates, bond investors may find it hard to exit while stocks can benefit from improved confidence about an economic re ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-19
Federal regulators are tightening the screws on US companies that avoid taxes with so-called "inversion" deals. Inversions typically involve a US multinational buying a smaller foreign competitor and ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-19
... s certain federal and state funds, Graham-Caso said. The city government has made an official finding that the number of shelter beds is insufficient to serve the homeless population during the winter ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-18
... , and the federal government announced in March new and expanded punishments for foreigners who breach existing rules restricting them to buying new homes only. Treasurer Scott Morrison said Wednesday ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-18
... ke by the Federal Reserve. However, Chinese buyers won't suffer the bitter experience that their Japanese counterparts underwent 20 years ago, says Feder. Japanese investors flooded into the US prope ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-18
... as the US Federal Reserve looks likely to hike rates, while much of the rest of the world struggles to kick-start growth. Expectations of a US hike have boosted the dollar, often to the detriment of e ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-17
... a Bank, a federal database of malpractice judgments in the country, found that between 1990 and 2010, about 2 percent of American doctors were responsible for 50 percent of the cases in which a patien ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-16
Stronger-than-expected October US jobs report has boosted the chances of a rate hike by the Federal Reserve in December. The structural problem in employment which Fed chief Janet Yellen has been con ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-14
More Federal Reserve officials appear to support a December increase in interest rates. "I see the risks right now of moving too quickly versus moving too slowly as nearly balanced," Reuters quoted Ne ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-13
It’s widely expected that the US Federal Reserve will hike interest rates next month. The Fed funds rate shows that the chance of a rate hike before year-end soared to nearly 70 percent recently from ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-12
... es for US Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen and her deputy, Stanley Fisher, who recently held out the possibility of an increase next month. Nevertheless, US employment suffers from structural d ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-12
... re the US Federal Reserve raises interest rates. We will have more clues about whether the economy will stabilize in the fourth quarter and the central bank’s next move after fixed investment and reta ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-11
... The more federal eurozone would be embedded in a larger union that cooperates on defense, foreign policy, climate-change measures and migration policy. Free movement of European citizens within the E ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-11
