2022 was a tumultuous year in many ways. While climate-related shocks became even more prevalent and severe, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered a global energy crisis that continues to affect mill ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-06
The failure of China’s zero-COVID policy is leading to a reassessment of Chinese power. Until recently, many expected China’s GDP to surpass that of the United States by 2030 or soon thereafter. But n ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-06
One would be forgiven for thinking that the above is a most mundane proposition. After all, it is clearly true that geopolitics is a universal, all-encompassing, and ubiquitous phenomenon. Yet this st ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-05
After a year of big surprises, led by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the global spike in inflation rates, and the collapse of cryptocurrency ventures, what kind of year will 2023 prove to be? This kind ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-05
The fact that the world did not experience a systemic financial crisis in 2022 is a minor miracle, given the surge in inflation and interest rates, not to mention a massive increase in geopolitical ri ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-05
Travel or not travel – that is the question. Yes, the border is open for inbound travellers to Hong Kong with all restrictions lifted. Yet there are restrictions to be imposed on the outbound travelle ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-04
Just as a corporate balance sheet can provide insights into a company’s financial health, a “global balance sheet” (GBS), tallying the assets and liabilities of governments, corporations, households, ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-04
... s. China, too, is so invested in electrolysis that some observers already fear that it will take over the market the same way it did with photovoltaic panels. And even corporations like the Australian ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-04
... free hand to deal with Covid 19 without having to follow the mainland’s zero-Covid policies. Once in office, he quickly eased restrictions. By late December, all restrictions were lifted aside from ma ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-04
... 經濟師是hired to be blamed（受聘被指摘），道理如同「政府中的研究學者」，出錯時要「『食』咗佢 ...全文
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With the abrupt end of the zero-Covid policy, Beijing hopes to bring economic growth back to its levels before the pandemic and confirm its position as “the factory of the world”. Foreign companies we ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-03
Inflation rose sharply throughout 2022 across both advanced economies and emerging markets. Structural trends suggest that the problem will be secular, rather than transitory. Specifically, many count ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-03
Hong Kong is one of the world’s premier financial hubs, so it is of little surprise that the city and its residents’ finances are attractive to fraudsters. According to a study conducted by NordVPN, 3 ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-03
