... much can we rely on “simple,” preferably “cheap,” technofixes? Can climate change be addressed by counting on people to switch to lower-carbon technologies, or will it take more fundamental changes t ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-01
Our world has become both confusing and confused. The international economy works well, but the political economy is mired in hostility toward markets, frustration at globalization, and skepticism abo ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-31
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) surprised markets on Wednesday by keeping its Yield Curve Control (YCC) policy unchanged. The BoJ’s decision temporarily pushed Japanese government bond (JGB) yields lower and ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-31
... librium – were effectively useless. And, second, those who confidently asserted that it would take five years of pain to wring inflation out of the system have already been refuted. Inflation has fall ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-30
What makes a good teacher? How do we measure the successes of an educator? Some say, it’s to do with the number of A*s and As (or 7s, 8s, and 9s) these teachers churn out. Others suggest that it’s ref ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-27
Recent deceleration in U.S. inflation levels notably changed expectations for economic outcomes related to monetary policy. While inflation moderation supports markets, we do not believe that the full ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-27
... 時，香港便告訴外界「We are back」，奇怪的是，澳門的農曆年有煙花、有花車，香港卻什麼也沒有，都是本地 ...全文
Everyone agrees that, after the end of Zero-Covid, China’s economy will recover in 2023. But by how much? Mainstream banks predict GDP growth of between 4 per cent and 5.9 per cent. The Rhodium Group ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-26
... tive that we refrain from romanticising the suspect in question, whilst concurrently seeking to understand both their motives, and the structural forces that yielded such abhorrent atrocities. So how ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-26
Last week I had lunch with my former instructor at graduate school who is a China expert. Naturally, I took the chance to ask questions on the thorniest geopolitical topic in Asia Pacific – whether Ch ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-26
... wth of between 4 per cent and 5.9 per cent. The Rhodium ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightMark O’Neill2023年01月26日
... said last week that she will pursue a set of “extraordinary measures” (all of which have become rather ordinary in recent decades) to postpone America’s day of reckoning until early June. Raising the ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-24
... owing to weak aggregate demand – has evolved into stagflation, as negative aggregate supply shocks have combined with the effects of loose monetary and fiscal policies. Where once interest rates were ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-20
Feng Shui, the traditional Chinese practice of harnessing the flow of energy, indicates the Year of the Rabbit can pull people in different directions. For 2023 we well may see investors getting pulle ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-19
... behemoth we must learn to rein in, a Leviathan that must be shackled, a temptation or urge within our society that we must fundamentally expunge, it would be the naïve, foolhardy undercurrents of jin ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-17
... divide between the true and false; quasi-truths bear sufficient grains of truth within them to come across as both plausible and authentic. Yet through a combination of misdirection, deception, and pa ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-16
Technology underpins practically every aspect of our life. It’s the backbone behind how we work, how we connect to friends and family, and how we relax in our free time. But what role does technology ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-16
These cold winter nights, electric lights flood a site of 213,000 square metres in Kumamoto prefecture, western Japan. Workers and building machines are labouring 24 hours a day to complete the first ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-16
