... or more. Prime Minister Scott Morrison had called for calm on Thursday, before visiting the fire-devastated NSW town of Cobargo where he was not entirely welcome. Video showed Morrison confronted by ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-03
... t to loan prime rate (LPR) as the basis for banks to price floating rate loans. While Beijing is putting more emphasis on the quality of growth, maintaining certain level of GDP growth rate still matt ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-02
... y-elected Prime Minister Boris Johnson approaches relations with Beijing and what stance he takes on Hong Kong, which has been roiled by protests. China blames the Hong Kong unrest, heavily supported ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-02
... safety,” Prime Minister Scott Morrison told reporters in Sydney. “There are parts of both Victoria and New South Wales which have been completely devastated, with a loss of power and communications.” ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-02
... hancer as Prime Minister? There may well be other lesser known heads of government with comparable standards but to my mind New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern seems to be a lonely standard bearer for truth ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-02
... change of prime minister and can remain in the streets, they do not seem to have the means to realize their broader goals. The country’s politicians and parties have grown rich off the current system ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-02
... ith Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the State Department said. Pompeo said on Twitter that Abdul Mahdi ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-02
... ld like,” Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in his annual New Year message on Dec. 31. The trade-reliant island nation is widely expected to hold an election within months, likely after its annual b ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-02
... iven Loan Prime Rate (LPR) , instead of the previous benchmark bank lending rate. The move should help lower borrowing costs, which has been one of the biggest challenges for the private sector. The b ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-30
China's central bank will use the loan prime rate (LPR) as a new benchmark for pricing existing floating-rate loans, a move that could help lower borrowing costs and underpin economic growth, Reuters ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-30
... ustralian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, advocate a “managed strategic competition.” Others speak of a Sino-American relationship built around “co-opetition.” Likewise, CNN’s Fareed Zakaria recommends tha ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-24
... uts, loan prime rate (LPR) reductions and cutting medium-term lending facility (MLF) loans rates to inject liquidity into the market. However, private enterprises are unable to benefit from these meas ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-23
Hong Kong is bracing for demonstrations over Christmas week with protesters planning events in districts across the city, including in prime shopping malls, the latest in more than six months of unres ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-23
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison issued a rare public apology as he cut short a Hawaiian vacation on Friday after two volunteer firefighters were killed battling blazes that are ravaging much ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-20
... passed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government, that critics say is discriminatory against Muslims and undermines India’s secular constitution. Police detained hundreds of peopl ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-20
... Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak set up the 1MDB fund in 2009, and the US Justice Department estimated US$4.5 billion was misappropriated by high-level fund officials and their associates between ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-20
... rted that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is pretty happy with the choice. It is because Abe believes the character “令” much suits the new Reiwa era, and indicates that Japan had managed to get over the unr ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-19
