... ese banks may confront liquidity crises, which could trigger bank runs. Though this is far from the baseline scenario, it cannot be ruled out. Copyright: Project Syndicate-- Contact us at english@hkej ...More
EJ Insight2023-03-31
... tion bomb may be necessary for reducing the risk of future civilizational collapse, it is not sufficient. When we investigated the connection between population and planetary boundaries, we found that ...More
EJ Insight2023-03-31
... ghtening ‘may be appropriate’. This change of heart since the Chairman’s Testimony earlier in March obviously has to do with the recent bank failures. Credit conditions will most probably tighten furt ...More
EJ Insight2023-03-30
... ed leader may pale in comparison with a trailblazer who is unfazed by the prospects of attempting something never done before - going down the road not taken. In face of such heterogeneity, it is temp ...More
EJ Insight2023-03-30
... nvestors. Maybe they will. But if the merger succeeds in stabilizing the financial system, it will be more than worthwhile for us all. The reality is that this outcome is not guaranteed, but not becau ...More
EJ Insight2023-03-29
... e actions may - in conjunction with ours - yield the least expected of results. Learn to embrace complexity. Learn to recognise nuance. It is OK to simplify complexities and nuances in order to extrac ...More
EJ Insight2023-03-29
... thorities may believe that publicising data will automatically yield benefits and every sector can make use of open data. But according to the findings of a survey on Hong Kong people’s views towards ...More
EJ Insight2023-03-28
... signals – may benefit from flow-driven momentum in the short term, but will not add value over the long run. They are inherently backward looking and suffer from high dispersion and low quality. As wi ...More
EJ Insight2023-03-28
... ar effort may now be in the works. Much also depends on what happens to credit conditions. Smaller institutions tend to make more loans than larger banks—about 20 percentage points more as a share of ...More
EJ Insight2023-03-23
... involved may be billions of dollars". According to 2011 data, the total investment for the Shenzhen Supercomputing Centre was 1.23 billion yuan for a world-class supercomputer, and by taking account ...More
EJ Insight2023-03-21
... the odds may be, no matter how treacherous the world may be to us, we - as Asians living in the West, as Asians, as people… we matter. Our voices matter. Our choices matter. The best antidote to absu ...More
EJ Insight2023-03-20
... ad actors may take advantage of the rise of digital wallet for crimes such as authorized push payments (APP), which makes cybersecurity across payment networks even more crucial. Cross-border transact ...More
EJ Insight2023-03-17
... ’s events may already be having global repercussions. Even if the US economy escapes another financial calamity, we must revisit and relearn the lessons of past banking crises. That means making certa ...More
EJ Insight2023-03-17
China’s decision to loosen its Covid restrictions and reopen its economy may create short term uncertainty and disruption, but is likely to be a positive move over the medium and longer term for many ...More
EJ Insight2023-03-17
