... said the federal government exceeded its authority in demanding whole categories of immigrants be protected. With the latest ruling, Obama is left with no other option but to appeal to the Supreme Co ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-10
... 2005, US Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan pointed to the phenomenon as an explanation for his famous "conundrum": interest rates on Treasury bonds were lower than market conditions appeared to wa ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-10
... .Russia’s Federal Security Service says people suspected of financing international terrorism, a term usually used to describe Islamic State and similar groups, have been found in 77 of the country’s ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-10
... If the US Federal Reserve follows through on raising interest rates at the end of this year, as has been suggested, the global economy – and especially emerging markets – could be in serious trouble. ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-09
... e, the US Federal Reserve is taking the opposite path, hinting at an imminent tightening cycle. The central banks of Europe and Japan intend to ramp up monetary easing. That would lead to further US d ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-06
An ex-Goldman Sachs Group employee has pleaded guilty to illegally obtaining confidential information from a former colleague at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Rohit Bansal, a former associate ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-06
A federal jury found two former traders at Rabobank guilty of fraud in the first US trial arising from a global investigation into manipulation of Libor, the leading benchmark for pricing financial tr ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-06
The US Federal Reserve suggested that interest rates will be kept at the present level at the moment, but most investors believe the "liftoff" will happen in the first quarter of next year. This week, ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-05
Nothing describes the US Federal Reserve’s current communication policy better than the old saying that a camel is a horse designed by committee. Various members of the Fed’s policy-setting Federal Op ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-05
US Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen hinted at an interest rate action next month, saying Wednesday that a December liftoff is "live possibility" if the economy remains on track. Appearing befor ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-05
... er the US Federal Reserve begins a tightening cycle. Analysts at Barclays Plc have said that Hong Kong's property market could soon enter a long adjustment period as price levels have already peaked. ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-04
... r in a US federal court in January, but later withdrew her suit. Indian authorities face sustained criticism for not doing enough to address a weak system of law enforcement and policing that leaves w ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-04
US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has accused the Federal Reserve of keeping interest rates low at the behest of Barack Obama, the current occupant of the White House. Speaking at a ne ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-04
... om the US Federal Aviation Administration is seen as a major hindrance for international sales. While many Chinese netizens express pride in the indigenous jetliner, others sound skeptical about the s ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-03
... with the Federal Aviation Administration and other stakeholders about setting up an air traffic control system for drones that would use cellular and internet technology to coordinate unmanned aerial ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-03
US authorities are investigating a California company whose radio broadcasts are suspected to be backed by an entity controlled by the Chinese government. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) a ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-03
Six big US banks need to raise an additional US$120 billion, most likely in long-term debt, under a rule proposed Friday by the US Federal Reserve, Reuters reported. The requirements are aimed at ensu ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-02
... at the US Federal Reserve has yet to launch a QE4. At a meeting on Oct. 22, European Central Bank president Mario Draghi hinted that the central bank will expand its QE program. The ECB has purchased ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-29
The US Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged Wednesday and, in a direct reference to its next policy meeting, put a December rate hike firmly in play. Investors had expected the Fed to stay pa ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-29
A US police officer is being retried for throwing a man from India to the ground, causing serious injuries, in an incident recorded on video. Eric Parker is being retried in federal court on accusatio ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-29
