For decades, China set a shining example of how to capitalize on globalization to accelerate domestic economic growth and development. These days, however, the country risks becoming a cautionary tale ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-24
When Kundera penned The Unbearable Lightness of Being in the early 1980s, he was living in France whilst the ossified Soviet Union was crumbling under the weight of its successive generations of gento ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-21
... dation In weaker parts of the market, we expect to see some overshooting— higher risks and weakening occupier performance mean prices correcting beyond what is required to simply adjust values to high ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-21
We’ve all heard the familiar saying by now, “With great power comes great responsibility”. What had originated, as far as I’m aware, in a Spiderman movie (a line quipped by Aunt May to Peter Parker), ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-20
Four professions that used to attract the brightest local students to join were accounting, architecture, law and medical. Seen as the most prosperous careers, it is said that most parents would advis ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-20
... tion. Two weeks later, the Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund focused on the need to reform global institutions to address the climate threat. And at the end of April, m ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-19
Climate change is no longer a future problem. It is here, and the effects are all around. Worse, today’s extreme weather events are just a preview of the pain that awaits humanity in the coming decade ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-19
... 策檢討中有這一句：「We are interested in understanding any uninte ...全文
... ften followed by a slump. But that does not mean that a hard landing is inevitable. After all, if the Fed were to pull off a soft landing, would it not resemble our current situation? Perhaps our meta ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-18
... hness was well-grounded, given that at its meeting on April 28, the BoJ announced a general review of its monetary policy “with a planned timeframe of around one to one and a half years”. Markets repr ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-18
... time when we need to be uniting if we are to have any hope of overcoming these intertwined crises. The Global South’s frustration is understandable. In many ways, these countries are paying the price ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-18
Aggressive central bank rate hikes and the resulting bond bear market in 2022 were extremely painful for investors. With 2023’s banking crisis adding to a backdrop already at risk from the hikes, econ ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-17
... Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF), into which it will inject 60 billion euros. It expects to earn 65 billion euros in budget surpluses between now and 2025. The SWF will be managed by the National Treasury ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-17
... ns (FSIs) were viewed as performing one or more of three roles: Facilitator – managing transactions; Enabler – providing loans and mortgages; and Advisor – helping customers navigate the complex web o ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-14
“I work in a food bank in Southwark, South London. We have clients of all colours and money and food from many sources, with a small subsidy from the local government. The numbers went up during the s ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-13
"I work in a food bank in Southwark, South London. We h ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightMark O’Neill2023年07月13日
