... t Federal Reserve monetary policy brought disinflation, and the USD rebounded. The correlation between crop prices and the US dollar is increasingly negative, reflecting structural changes in global a ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-10
... e Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond estimates that by targeting women, non-college educated workers, and rural Americans, the US could add more than 18 million people to the workforce. For example, if ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-08
China’s central bank said on Monday it will cut reserve requirement ratios (RRRs) to release about 280 billion yuan (US$41 billion) for some small and medium-sized banks, in a targeted move to support ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-06
The US Federal Reserve held interest rates steady and signaled little appetite to adjust them any time soon, taking heart in continued job gains and economic growth and the likelihood that weak inflat ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-02
One of US President Donald Trump’s two intended nominees to fill vacancies on the US Federal Reserve Board of Governors – Herman Cain – has now withdrawn. Trump’s other potential pick, Stephen Moore, ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-29
... aided the reserves of Tether in order to pay out customers demanding withdrawals from the exchange. The news dealt a fresh major blow to the credibility of the cryptocurrency sector. Bitcoin, the larg ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-26
... S Federal Reserve had given China a hard time. However, Trump is not clear about his strategic goal and he is unwilling to pay the price -- economic recession and a bearish stock market due to backlas ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-17
... e Federal Reserve – which is one of the more notable forecasting institutions – seems to have the most conservative estimate for 2019 growth, at 2.1 percent. This still remains above potential output ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-16
... e Federal Reserve shifting gears dramatically in recent months, culminating in the March meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee that showed no rate hikes over the next two years and confirmed th ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-15
The Federal Reserve's actions have nicked economic growth and stock market gains, US President Donald Trump said on Sunday, calling on the central bank to consider pumping money into the economy as it ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-15
... re active reserve currency. The group called for stronger international cooperation to “recover and return stolen assets and repatriate and prosecute fugitive offenders” and also for increased transpa ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-12
The Federal Reserve proposed a new regulatory regime for 23 foreign banks operating in the United States that could make life easier for some lenders, while tightening up rules for more risky foreign ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-09
... e Federal Reserve has taken a more dovish stance, the market has moderated its expectation for further rate increases. As of this writing, the market is only pricing in a 10 percent probability of rat ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-08
... ’s global reserve asset. When it introduced the SDR, the Fund hoped to make it “the principal reserve asset in the international monetary system.” This remains an unfulfilled ambition; indeed, the SDR ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-08
... e Federal Reserve has also given China more breathing space. The nine rate hikes by the US central bank and its quantitative tightening (QT) moves over the last two years have been major headaches for ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-03
... S Federal Reserve and Beijing’s pledge to further cut company taxes and fees to stimulate the economy, he said. – Contact us at [email protected] TL/JC/RC ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-02
