... e Federal Reserve, disrupting supply chains, and negotiating through random pronouncements. The eurozone is struggling to break out of its prolonged agonies, but the fundamental problem remains bad ba ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-02
... s Federal Reserve said. The Big Three Detroit automakers – General Motors, Ford and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles – have each said higher tariff costs will result in a hit to profits of about US$1 billio ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-31
Most financial market credit officers surveyed by the US Federal Reserve in November said their big clients were exposed to emerging markets but were scaling back bets emerging market assets would ris ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-28
... S Federal Reserve faces no risk of losing his job and President Donald Trump is happy with his Treasury secretary, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said in an apparent attempt to calm Wall S ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-27
... e Federal Reserve as well as the Securities and Exchange Commission. Wall Street is also closely following reports that Trump has privately discussed the possibility of firing Federal Reserve Chairman ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-24
The outlook for global equities next year will highly depend on two major developments. First, whether the Federal Reserve will slow down the pace of its tightening cycle or even halt the rate hikes ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-21
... e US Army Reserve was arrested in Chicago for allegedly working for Chinese intelligence to recruit engineers and scientists, including some who worked for US defense contractors. Australian official ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-21
... ural land reserve in the New Territories; and alternative uses of sites under private recreational leases, including unlocking the land of the Fanling Golf Course for other uses. The other five, sugge ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-20
... S Federal Reserve to continue its policy of measured interest rate rises, in part also to offset the increase in the US budget deficit coming down the line. Muddling along, muddling through Closer to ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-20
The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised interest rates for the fourth time this year time, but signaled fewer hikes next year than what had been projected earlier. In a statement issued after a tw ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-20
... n and the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for the big banks has been cut to 14.5 percent under "normal circumstances" ought to have eased conditions. The fact that the money supply and loan data is w ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-19
With the US Federal Reserve expected to announce this week another hike in benchmark interest rates, President Donald Trump and his top trade adviser on Monday ratcheted up their criticism of the cent ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-18
... e Federal Reserve was never the sole buyer of Treasuries. There was always a relative secondary market. In the Eurozone, the ECB's has been seven times the net issuances of sovereigns. No investor is ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-17
... t hold as reserves four times this year. China’s central bank governor said on Thursday that monetary conditions should be relatively loose but not too loose. “For monetary policy, there is still th ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-14
... yment and reserve currency could be challenged. If the US is too aggressive in its enforcement of secondary sanctions, other countries might either develop payment systems of their own or forbid their ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-14
... to find, reserve and pay for parking spaces across Japan via their mobile devices. This article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on Dec 12 Translation by Ben Ng with additional reporting [C ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-12
Indian markets plunged before recovering some ground on Tuesday as Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel’s unexpected resignation on Monday shocked investors, Reuters reports. For further directi ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-11
... t Federal Reserve official’s comments about the path of interest rate hikes added to the uncertainty for investors, as did setbacks for Britain’s plans to leave the European Union, Reuters reports. Th ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-05
... e Federal Reserve and the strong need for the US government to keep issuing more bonds would put further pressure on the US dollar bond market, which has already seen the 10-year US Treasury yield bre ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-30
