... amid the Federal Reserve tapering in the United States, said Jerry Schiff, deputy director at the Asia-Pacific department of the International Monetary Fund and mission chief for Japan. Meanwhile, Ja ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-17
Overseas banks face tighter capital requirements in the United States when the Federal Reserve announces new rules that will increase the cost of doing business in the country, Shanghai Daily reported ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-17
Hong Kong stocks took a breather Thursday as investors stepped back ahead of congressional testimony by United States Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen and Friday's release of China's inflation data. ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-13
... ointed US Federal Reserve chairwoman Jane Yellen made it clear in a Congress committee hearing that the central bank is in no rush to raise interest rates. Her appearance showed she is not just sticki ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-13
... , the new Federal Reserve chairman, said the United States central bank will not raise interest rates in the near future. Wharf Holdings (00004.HK) closed 4.7 percent higher, New World Development (00 ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-12
... d over to federal authorities investigating the bank's hiring practices amid suspicions that it hired several well-connected individuals specifically to win business from Chinese companies. Dimon met ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-11
... y. The US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England have set their respective referencing rates on unemployment at 6.5 percent and 7 percent for any upward adjustment in interest rates. Such guidance is ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-10
... Canadian federal investor visas. That is more than 70 per cent of the global backlog, the report said. Attempts by Ottawa in 2010 to tighten access to the visas by doubling the wealth criteria had th ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-07
... that the Federal Reserve would taper its massive bond-buying program, the technical trend of this so-called market breadth has turned worse. Despite subsequent new highs in the S&P 500 Index in t ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-06
... st the US Federal Reserve's decision to wind back its asset-buying program. The HKEJ's investor diary looks at how the Fed tapering might play out. Global stock markets have turned upside down ove ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-05
... cy of new Federal Reserve chairwoman Jane Yellen. In China, the risk of shadow banking will continue to haunt the minds of investors as bolder reforms are in the pipeline in 2014. For emerging economi ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-05
As financial markets brace for the US Federal Reserve's tapering this year with an expectation that interest rates will eventually rise to keep the inflation genie in the bottle, the risk of deflation ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-04
... ealed the Federal Reserve's plan last summer that it will soon taper its bond purchases, putting an end to the use of quantitative easing measures. As data at UBS A.G. showed, global emerging market f ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-29
... from the Federal Open Market Committee on Thursday, analysts said. The benchmark Hang Seng Index has lost 4.9 percent or 1,122 points over the last four trading days, closing at 21,960 points on Tues ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-29
... that the Federal Reserve will step up efforts to taper off its bond buying scheme, which could drive funds out of emerging markets, analysts said after the city experienced a panic sell-off on Monday ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-28
Hong Kong stocks fell sharply on Monday following steep losses on Wall Street last Friday, with investors worried that the US Federal Reserve may cut its bond-buying program further and reduce the flo ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-27
... r. The US Federal Reserve’s exit from quantitative easing and the US dollar's comeback are added blows to commodity prices and margins. There's also unlikely to be a break from the People's Bank of Ch ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-27
... ct to the Federal Reserve's exit from its debt purchase plan, Jiang said at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Saturday. Global investors still have mixed views on the pace of recovery ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-27
... out of US Federal Reserve tapering but global market volatility might trigger capital outflows, Guan said. The foreign exchange settlement surplus in 2013 soared 210 percent from the previous year to ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-24
... en to the federal courts, the Journal said. But if the ruling stands, it could leave more than 100 Chinese companies that trade on US markets temporarily without an auditor, the paper said. -- Contact ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-23
