... S Federal Reserve started its QE program in 2009, Chan pointed out. Such massive capital inflow had been propping up Hong Kong dollar, which for a period had been trading close to the higher end of th ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-12
... a fiscal reserve of over HK$1 trillion. The Hong Kong Economic Journal calls the budget a sort of pepper-spraying of tiny goodies to the various sectors of society, and this may explain why Chan got ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-02
... game and reserve the slots you need. Remember that most of these tutors have a portfolio of students with whom they’ve worked for a year or more, who will most likely increase the length of their les ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-02
... untry, we reserve the right to issue a currency in whatever form it is, whether in digital or fiat form.” Plans for possible sovereign cryptocurrencies have gained momentum in recent months, as digita ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-01
The high volatility of recent weeks likely represents a regime shift from the low volatility environment of 2017. Fortunately for equity investors, the US Federal Reserve has been overt in its communi ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-28
... e Federal Reserve should pay more attention to financial institutions. Art Wilmarth of George Washington University Law School has also written persuasively on this point: at US$250 billion, a bank’s ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-27
... e Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in March. And the Bank of England announced on Feb. 7 that UK rates could “be tightened somewhat earlier and by a somewhat greater extent” than had previous ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-26
... al fiscal reserve of S$997.4 billion, including cash holdings, stakes in state-controlled entities, listed firms and development funds. Given the strong financials, the government decided to offer a o ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-22
US stocks finished lower in a choppy session Wednesday on renewed worries over higher interest rates following the release of minutes from the Federal Reserve's January meeting. Investors became nervo ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-22
... e Federal Reserve and individual states. Much of the concern on Capitol Hill is focused on speculative trading and investing in cryptocurrencies, leading some lawmakers to push for digital assets to b ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-20
... S Federal Reserve. As a result, bond yields have risen in recent months, with the rise accelerating since the beginning of the year. From around a 2.40 percent yield in early January, US 10-year Treas ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-14
... s Federal Reserve president James Bullard on Tuesday said that the strong US labor market does not mean that higher inflation is just around the corner. A more reasonable explanation is that the US ma ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-09
... e Federal Reserve will raise benchmark interest rates at a faster pace than expected this year. -- Contact us at [email protected] CG/RC ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-08
... S Federal Reserve has a new leadership. The new Fed chief Jerome Powell, who succeeded Janet Yellen this month, is expected to continue Yellen’s stance of gradual tightening. Still, some investors reg ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-06
Jerome Powell took office as the new Federal Reserve chairman on Monday. And a global currency war could be just around the corner. Since the beginning of the year, the US dollar index has basically e ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-06
... e Federal Reserve will raise rates at a faster pace than expected. “The market has had an incredible run,” said Michael O’Rourke, chief market strategist at JonesTrading in Greenwich, Connecticut. “We ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-06
