A skydiver leaps out of an airplane and discovers that his parachute will not open. On his way down, he encounters a hang glider who asks him how he is doing. The free-falling man shouts back, “Okay, ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-18
The Japanese yen has risen considerably in recent days, reversing some of its year-to-date losses. Interestingly, this strengthening began at a time when US data was unexpectedly resilient. In princip ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-18
World leaders are all too familiar with the global community’s challenges – loss of progress in our fight against poverty, an existential climate crisis, a fledgling pandemic recovery, and a crippling ...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
When Ireland joined the European Union in 1973, it was the poorest member. Now it is one of the richest, with a per capita GDP last year double that of Britain. In 2022, its GDP grew 12.2 per cent, th ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-17
Ajay Banga, the newly-appointed President of the World Bank, is taking the helm at a pivotal moment. The devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have impeded progress in developing countries and ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-14
Financial services customers want more. New figures from research firm Forrester have found that half of consumers wish their bank was more proactive about giving them advice, and more than half (52 p ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-14
One fundamental issue that hinders China’s post-pandemic economic rebound is what is known as the “four noes” among the younger generations, meaning theydo not want to fall in love, they have no inter ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-13
... ree meals at schools. During the school term, it is an important meal for them.” David Turner, a university student, describes his volunteer work. “Nearby the food bank are apartments worth one millio ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-13
... ree meals at schools. During the school term, it is an ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightMark O’Neill2023年07月13日
Anthropic, a startup that counts Google as one of its investors, released yesterday its second AI model, Claude 2. The successor to Anthropic’s first commercial model, Claude 2 is available in beta in ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-12
According to a World Bank analysis back in 2000, the larger the urban population, the more prosperous the economy and the higher personal income would be. The analysis is still true today. A study las ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-11
The United States has done a great deal to help Ukraine fend off Russia’s full-scale invasion and terrorist tactics since February 2022, including through generous financial and military assistance. I ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-10
... y One Cup at a Time的《上善若水》讀者們都知道，Starbucks通過「第三處所」（即人們在 ...全文
The aftershocks from the global pandemic and multiple geopolitical tensions over the last three years are still reverberating through much of the global business community. The experience has taught l ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-07
Women have cultivated and nurtured life on our planet for centuries. Yet while the world enjoys the fruits of their labor, they often have no say or control over the land they work. To add insult to i ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-07
Two weeks after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to Beijing for intensive talks June 18-19 to stop the dangerous downward spiral of the U.S.-China relationship, the first fruits of the ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-06
