... t judges, central banks, and regulatory authorities. Insofar as they are insulated from political lobbying and elections, these actors can take a longer-term view and protect the rights of minorities. ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-22
... lling,” a central bank official said. Construction investment climbed 1.2 percent in the fourth quarter while capital investment jumped 3.8 percent, the sharpest increase in six quarters. Private cons ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-22
... country’s central bank under pressure to maintain its massive stimulus. The IMF cut its growth projections for the euro zone and developing countries, while maintaining its forecast for a 2.5 percent ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-22
... European Central Bank’s ambition to raise rates for the first time since 2011, these fears look overdone. The deterioration in the euro area’s trade balance was the main reason for the region’s disa ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-21
Two Hong Kong men were rescued from a mountain in central Hokkaido in Japan over the weekend after they landed themselves in trouble during a ski expedition. The skiers, aged 45 and 57, were rescued ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-21
The first phase of the HK$36 billion Central-Wan Chai Bypass and Island Eastern Corridor Link (CWB) opened on Sunday after nearly nine years of construction, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports. Th ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-21
... oups. The central government would continue to oversee defense, security, foreign and monetary policy, and appoint a transition authority run by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the separatis ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-21
... ments and central banks have always identified the problems of the economy as demand problems, even if it was not the case. If there was a crisis or a recession, governments immediately believed that ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-21
... nwhile, a central bank official said encouraging banks to actively increase support for the real economy, rather than relying on authorities’ orders to boost lending, is the key to improving the suppl ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-21
... irms, the central bank has cut the amount of reserves that banks need to set aside as reserves (RRR) five times over the past year, and guided borrowing costs lower. Further RRR reductions are expect ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-21
... ernment’s Central Provident Fund has won plaudits for the way it enlists citizens to put aside money to fund their retirement, healthcare and housing costs but accounts run dry after low-income earner ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-18
... a states, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and parts of Europe, and that the pages were linked to employees of Sputnik. “Despite their misrepresentations of their identities, we found that these pages an ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-18
... nths. The central bank also used medium-term lending facility and repo programs to inject 5 trillion yuan (US$738.1 billion) worth of liquidity into the system. Indicating ample liquidity in the mark ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-17
... 15 on the central government’s active promotion. Following Guizhou, Beijing, Shanghai and several other Chinese cities also built similar data trading centers. It’s estimated that China’s big data- ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-17
... sly, is a central function of our large brain,” and that planning for it results in less stress – and more happiness. We are hard-wired to think about the future of our planet – and that future demand ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-17
... ntonio in central Texas, which is less than 200 miles away from the US-Mexico border. And third, if he wins, he will be the first-ever Latino-American to become president of the United States. As a ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-16
... e, as the central bank suggested that it would slow or even suspend the rate hike cycle. But then, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell confused the markets again as he said the Fed’s balance sheet will be “sub ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-16
... e plays a central role. Such a system might not slay today’s eight giants, but it would significantly weaken them. The first giant is inequality – the huge growth in income and wealth disparities with ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-15
... Center, a centralized credit scoring system. Starting last year, authorities have applied it to flights and trains, barring people who have committed misdeeds from taking such transport for a certain ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-14
