... e Federal Reserve Board, there is a category called the pharmaceutical and medicine sector (blue line). The business cycles are of standard frequency where the peak-to-peak or trough-to-trough time ga ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-05
... ts fiscal reserve of 550 billion patacas. By contrast, Hong Kong’s outstanding mortgage loans amounted to HK$1.43 trillion, exceeding the government reserve of HK$1.1 trillion. Also, Hong Kong is an i ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-05
... S Federal Reserve in May 2018. The first phase saw regulators ease the rule’s trading restrictions, and on Thursday regulators moved to simplify the so-called “cover funds” aspect of the rule that res ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-31
... S Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s news conference on Wednesday. In China, thousands of factory workers on Lunar New Year holidays may struggle to get back to work next week due to travel restric ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-31
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at its first policy meeting of the year, with the head of the US central bank pointing to continued moderate economic growth and a “strong” job market, a ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-30
... e its own reserve needs? Since the oil price hit the historical high in 2008 and then came down, a lower price has stimulated external demand. On the other hand, the US would have lesser incentive to ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-29
... currency reserves remained flat, barely covering their credit commitments. But, at the same time, China’s trade surplus increased by 25 percent even if it was mainly due to lower imports. China has s ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-24
... in banks’ reserve requirement ratio (RRR) since early 2018, freeing up more funds and driving down lending costs. “There was some slowdown in December but we don’t need to be too concerned with proper ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-17
China’s reserve requirement ratio (RRR) is at an appropriate level and there is limited room for further cuts, a central bank official said on Thursday. China will make timely adjustments to benchmark ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-16
... S Federal Reserve cut rates three times in 2019. Donofrio expects to improve the interest income metric later this year by growing loans and reducing interest rates on deposits, but predicted that the ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-16
... tal Works Reserve Fund (CWRF), which includes premium income received from the government’s land transactions, will reach HK$127.1 billion, 11 percent less than the original estimate. But the audit fi ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-15
China loan prime rate (LPR) is down 16 basis points (bps) compared to half a year ago. Authorities have also cut the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for commercial lenders, and there could be more suc ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-15
... S Federal Reserve indicating that its mid-cycle adjustment is essentially completed, markets are pricing in one or two more rate cuts in 2020. In other words, the market’s rate-cutting expectations co ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-10
... s upscale Reserve locations in the US since last year. -- Contact us at [email protected] RC/CG ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-08
... S Federal Reserve began to cut interest rates through 2019, the Chinese central bank was able to ease policy by lowering the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for banks and relaxing rates through MLFs. ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-07
The proportion of money that Chinese banks must set aside as reserves is still relatively high by global standards, and can be adjusted in future to help provide long-term, stable liquidity to the eco ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-03
... a cut in reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for commercial banks, and it is believed that there would be other supportive measures on the way. The 50-basis-point RRR cut was, to a certain extent, expect ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-02
