Instagram has stepped up efforts to hide the "likes" number on posts on its image-sharing platform as part of efforts to alleviate the social media pressure on its users. Expanding on a change introdu ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-24
The global financial crisis that erupted in 2008 transformed the role of central bankers and the scale and scope of their policy toolkit. Today, financial stability is once again at the core of centra ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-12
As Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell kept the focus Thursday on global risks that could trigger a Fed rate cut in coming weeks, his colleagues from regional Fed districts painted a rosier picture ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-12
Britain’s ambassador to Washington quit on Wednesday after days of stinging criticism from US President Donald Trump, leading to accusations that Boris Johnson, the favorite to be the next British pri ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-11
As the government continues to battle the extradition bill crisis, one of the city’s major political parties is witnessing some infighting among its ranks in relation to the stance to be taken against ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-09
US employers are hiring workers, but that is only making the Federal Reserve’s job harder. The Labor Department on Friday said nonfarm employers added 224,000 jobs last month – the most in five months ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-08
The United States won a record-extending fourth women’s World Cup with a 2-0 victory over the Netherlands on Sunday as second-half goals from Megan Rapinoe and Rose Lavelle confirmed their status as t ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-08
I have always been against any act of violence. All sorts of violence are totally unacceptable, whether it is the excessive use of force by the police against protesters during the June 12 clashes, o ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-05
We hear a lot about whether Hong Kong is over-reliant on particular economic sectors, and whether we need a more diversified economy. This may be the case if we have industries that are in decline or ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-03
The headless chickens who are clucking around, not running the Hong Kong government, were last seen sitting behind their desks pretending not to be there. Banging on the door, hoping to get answers, a ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-28
A pro-establishment lawmaker urged the Legislative Council to put all bills currently under deliberation in the back burner as it is more important to find ways to help restore peace in society. Citin ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-27
Three years after the United Kingdom’s Brexit referendum, the UK is no closer to figuring out how to leave the European Union, and what comes next, than it was when the result was announced. And now a ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-27
Social media site Reddit has restricted access to a major forum for supporters of US President Donald Trump, citing threats of violence against police and public officials, Reuters reports. While it w ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-27
A harrowing photo of a Salvadoran migrant and his young daughter who drowned in the Rio Grande at the US-Mexico border became the focus on Wednesday of a US political debate over President Donald Trum ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-27
Amid public upheaval over the extradition issue, the government has decided to postpone legislative work on the national anthem bill. Second reading debate on the bill, which completed first reading i ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-20
Following the massive rally yesterday, thousands of protesters stayed on Harcourt Road in the Admiralty area well into Monday morning, with some vowing not to let up until Chief Executive Carrie Lam w ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-17
Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam announced on Saturday that she was putting off her controversial extradition bill indefinitely, in a dramatic climbdown that threw into question her ability to continue t ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-17
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor apologized on Sunday as hundreds of thousands of black-clad protesters maintained calls for her to resign over her handling of a bill that would have allowed ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-16
The following is the full text of Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor's opening remarks at a media session announcing her decision to suspend the extradition bill on Saturday afternoon: Fellow ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-15
Are economists experiencing their 15 minutes of fame? Long derided as the dismal science, the economics profession is arguably reviving its image. Today, newspapers, the blog-o-sphere and TV broadcast ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-14
