... y, the US Federal Reserve’s announcement in late August that it will shift to an “average inflation targeting” regime has been greeted as an additional form of support. But a caveat is in order. Wheth ...More
EJ Insight2020-09-11
... hough the Federal Reserve can always devise another asset-purchase program, it has already lowered interest rates to zero and hoovered up many of the relevant assets. This is why Fed officials have be ...More
EJ Insight2020-09-10
At the annual Jackson Hole meeting, US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell announced that the central bank will now allow its average inflation to rise beyond its long-held 2% target in account of ...More
EJ Insight2020-09-08
... rs of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, the newspaper said, discovered that “for every dollar the American people spent on an item labeled ‘Made in China’ in 2018, about 56 cents actually wen ...More
EJ Insight2020-09-03
... rs of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, the ne ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightFrank Ching2020年09月03日
... h. The US Federal Reserve has eased monetary policy aggressively since the onset of the coronavirus recession in March. True, there currently is little sign of inflation – for centuries a major motive ...More
EJ Insight2020-08-24
... k, the US Federal Reserve went out of its way to emphasize that it will not be raising interest rates anytime soon, and the US Congress continued to debate another round of fiscal stimulus. Similarly, ...More
EJ Insight2020-08-14
... roposed a federal-state partnership to provide tuition-free community college for up to two years. He also wants to commit $50 billion to support workforce training programs; develop short-term degree ...More
EJ Insight2020-08-13
... deploying federal officers into Democratic-run cities to handle protests, which ironically resembles Beijing's rumoured decision of sending People's Armed Police officers to Hong Kong exactly one year ...More
EJ Insight2020-07-30
... as the US Federal Aviation Administration, the US Food and Drug Administration, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Even today, with America beset by multiple crises, no prominent U ...More
EJ Insight2020-07-23
In an effort to mitigate the economic impact of lockdowns, stimulus from central banks—especially from the US Federal Reserve—has been a major factor in helping drive a rapid recovery in equity market ...More
EJ Insight2020-07-16
... dates for federal funding. Many other academic disciplines, certainly including my own field of economics, also have great online potential. Democratic US presidential candidate Joe Biden now supports ...More
EJ Insight2020-07-15
... o, the US Federal Reserve announced an aggressive program to establish innovative credit facilities. Four days later, Trump signed the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES ...More
EJ Insight2020-07-08
... y. The US Federal Reserve cut the federal funds rate nearly to zero and worked with the Treasury to deliver credit to households, businesses, and state and local governments. And the US Congress and t ...More
EJ Insight2020-07-03
