The US Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Thursday following a policy meeting, but signaled that it remains on track to keep gradually tightening borrowing costs. Keeping the fed funds rate ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-09
... S Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke famously characterized this much-studied phenomenon as a key component of the “global savings glut.” Thus, instead of leading to lower global real interest rates, ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-08
... ng banks’ reserve requirements four times, after offsetting maturing medium-term lending facility loans, Yi said. But private firms, which account for 60 percent of the country's gross domestic produc ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-07
A fear of negative interest rates kept the US Federal Reserve from raising rates earlier than some policymakers had hoped, according to Stanley Fischer, the central bank's former vice chairman. "The p ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-05
... e Federal reserve normalization. What will the next crisis look like? Nothing like the last one, in my opinion. Contagion is much more difficult because there have been some lessons learnt from the Le ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-02
... expected reserve requirement ratio (RRR) cut next January, we expect future supportive policy actions to be measured. The government’s priority is to avoid a financial blow-up.” New export orders, an ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-31
... e US Army Reserve was arrested in Chicago for working for Chinese intelligence to recruit engineers and scientists, including some who worked for US defense contractors. Earlier this month, the Justi ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-31
... e Federal Reserve Board and University of Nottingham’s Giammario Impullitti, we find that protectionist policies discourage innovation by domestic companies, and thereby hamper growth. When you close ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-29
... ernment’s reserve price for the site," the lands Department said last week. The plot is located at a premium spot on The Peak, with the property seen yielding total gross floor area of 404,300 square ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-22
... ts fourth reserve requirement ratio cut of 2018 to cut funding costs, while the government has signaled it would increase infrastructure spending. Regulators have emphasized in recent months the need ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-22
... e Federal Reserve's normalization pace is unlikely to be adequate to get interest rates high enough before the next recession. Besides, the European Union and Japan are still mired in zero rates, whic ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-19
... he fourth reserve requirement ratio cut this year, stepping up moves to lower financing costs amid concerns over the economic drag from a trade dispute with the United States. Beijing and Washington h ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-19
... ernment's reserve price for the site. The land auction failure, the first since 2016, prompted the bidding developers to complain that the government was out of touch with reality by setting the askin ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-18
US Federal Reserve officials are largely united on the need to raise interest rates further, despite criticism from President Donald Trump of the central bank's tightening moves, according to minutes ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-18
... with the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) being cut. Secondly, Hong Kong's real interest rates are not only diverging from that the US but also versus that of China. The Hang Seng Index is much more " ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-16
People's Bank of China governor Yi Gang said he still sees plenty of room for adjustment in interest rates and the reserve requirement ratio (RRR), as downside risks from trade tensions with the Unite ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-15
... ng banks’ reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for a fourth time this year. A US Treasury official this week voiced concerns about China’s recent currency depreciation. With China’s manufacturing sector co ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-12
... he banks' reserve requirement ratio, which could only ease tight liquidity in the short term. Private consumption still represents less than 40 percent of the GDP, below the normal level of 50 percent ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-12
The People's Bank of China announced last Sunday that it was cutting the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for banks, the fourth such move this year. It remains to be seen whether the easing move will h ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-12
... S Federal Reserve officials. -- Contact us at [email protected] CG ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-12
