I've grown tired of the endless discussion about when the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates, and of seeing news headlines with words like “global recession” and “crisis in emerging markets”. I ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-15
... g, the US Federal Reserve continued its QE scheme into the second year of the US presidential cycle, that is, from October 2013 to September 2014. That propped up the stock market and reversed the usu ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-15
... that the Federal Reserve will delay raising interest rates until next year. Gold declines when rates rise because the metal doesn’t pay yields, unlike competing assets, the news agency said. The odds ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-15
Lackluster September US retail sales and a fall in producer prices to an eight-month low have raised further doubts about whether the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates this year. The weak repo ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-15
US federal investigators are examining Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s role in a series of transactions at 1Malaysia Development Bhd., The Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed sources. The US inves ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-15
India has issued its first federal guidelines for app-based ride-hailing companies after almost a year of legal wrangling over the legal status of Uber Technologies Inc. and others. Under the guidelin ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-14
India is working to lower regulatory hurdles for startups as the government looks to promote investment and create jobs. These include exempting startups from 22 federal rules and regulations, such as ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-13
... g up with Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen to get some clues on the pace of the Fed's expected rate-hike cycle. Tsang was in Lima over the weekend to attend the annual meetings of the Internati ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-12
... mments by Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey, who, testifying before a Senate committee Thursday, said the administration would not seek a bill allowing it to crack encrypted informa ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-12
US Federal Reserve policymakers are still likely to raise interest rates this year, but that is “an expectation, not a commitment”, Fed vice chairman Stanley Fischer said. Things could change if the g ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-12
... re the US Federal Reserve's potential rate hike in mid-September; (3) in the time window when China’s increasing trade surplus in recent quarters (due to price cuts in imported commodities) could hedg ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-10
The US Federal Reserve did not kick off a series of interest rate hikes at its September meeting as some expected. The decision has been criticized by Fed staff and market participants for sending a ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-10
Concern that inflation could remain stuck at exceptionally low levels was the reason why US Federal Reserve officials decided to hold off on a rate hike at their policy meeting last month, according t ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-09
... raise the federal government’s borrowing limit by Nov. 5 so that it can continue to pay the country’s bills on time. Lawmakers are also working to reach a two-year budget deal before the government’s ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-09
The US Federal Reserve's recent decision to hold off on an interest rate hike was reasonable, the central bank's former chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday. In an interview with The Wall Street Jo ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-08
... lieve the Federal Reserve may maintain zero interest rates longer than expected. These big investors have come back to the fray, hoping for a rebound in the last quarter after staying away in the prev ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-07
... e, the US Federal Reserve is expected to lower its key rate by December, Fung told the Hong Kong Economic Journal. He also said the renminbi pool in Hong Kong will continue to shrink this month. Fung, ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-07
... iled at a federal court in New York. Besides Ashe and Ng, a deputy UN representative and two employees of a nonprofit organization based in New York City were also arrested and charged in connection w ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-07
... when the federal funds rate starts to climb. CITIC Telecom had net borrowings equivalent to HK$6.3 billion (US$812.87 million) as of the end of June, of which 57.8 percent are on floating rates. Its ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-05
... y was the Federal Reserve's decision to delay an interest rate hike, previously expected in September, Rountree said. He said investors should overweight H shares given their attractive valuations at ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-05
