... will be a surplus of 4,500 school places. The drop in the number of primary six students has led to a higher satisfaction rate of 91 percent among students who have been assigned a school within their ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-09
... “primary surplus” (more on that later). They candidly acknowledged that this outcome is possible but only with significant outside foreign direct investment, substantial growth in exports and a drop ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-25
... d a hefty surplus in trade of goods, the nation continues to post a large deficit in its service trade. Commerce Ministry data shows that China's service trade deficit reached US$118.46 billion last y ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-25
... hen trade surplus and funds outstanding for foreign exchange both fall, the report said. A central bank official was quoted as saying that the People's Bank of China could use differential tools to me ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-18
... t account surplus area. The US is a current account deficit area. The interest rate differential argues for a weaker euro. The current account position argues for a stronger euro. These two forces bat ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-18
... its trade surplus if it hopes to preserve the euro system and keep its own banks afloat. Considering the worst-case-scenario consequences for the world’s leveraged and interconnected financial markets ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-11
It has been a generation in the making but Japan is finally enjoying a surplus of tourist spending -- foreigners are bringing in more money than Japanese holidaymakers are taking out. Japan's aggregat ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-09
... r a “dual surplus” in the first quarter. Its current account surplus amounted to US$7.2 billion and capital account surplus hit US$118.3 billion, suggesting that capital continued to flow into the cou ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-22
... to tie up surplus liquidity in the financial system and thus tighten its control over interest rates. However, it made no decision except to keep testing the new tools, the report said. -- Contact us ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-22
... to see a surplus of 53,000, pointing to a mismatch between supply and demand. Labor demand will hit 3.79 million in 2022, an increase of 8.9 percent from 2012, with the highest growth concentrated in ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-20
... external surplus), forcing it down by brute force via currency intervention would inflict heavy costs that would likely outweigh the benefits of devaluation. The most notable costs would include impo ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-19
... ecorded a surplus of US$18.50 billion in March, but the increase in funds outstanding for foreign exchange among financial institutions during the month was significantly lower than that of February, ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-16
... the trade surplus plunging 59.7 percent to US$16.74 billion. But foreign trade rose 0.8 percent in value in April from a year earlier, and both exports and imports turned to growth from a decline in M ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-16
... he bank’s surplus liquidity increased, notably in Asia, in line with market rate rises in mainland China and active management of portfolios, the bank said. Profit before tax in the first quarter fell ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-07
... t account surpluses provide a buffer to potential economic shocks. Though these surpluses have declined over time, implying that the gap of saving over investment has narrowed, most countries can stil ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-17
... The trade surplus was 46.86 billion yuan compared with a deficit of 6.71 billion yuan a year earlier. For the first quarter, total trade value was 5.9 trillion yuan, down 3.7 percent from a year earli ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-10
... s a power surplus in Yunnan, many industrial users still pay high tariffs. Under the new system, power users are expected to save money. The change could be a game changer for heavy power consumers li ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-08
... r a trade surplus of US$1.95 billion, the report said. -- Contact HKEJ at [email protected] CG ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-08
... t account surplus to gross domestic product has fallen significantly, UBS A.G. was quoted as saying in a research report. However, JP Morgan Chase & Co. expects the renminbi to strengthen to 5.95 ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-18
... gement -- surplus power can be sold to other users via the grid during the daytime and the center can then use the same amount of electricity free of charge for its operation at night. Zhou also revea ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-13
