The US Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday but signaled it still expects one more increase by the end of the year despite a recent bout of low inflation, Reuters reports. The Fe ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-21
... h Federal Reserve governor Lael Brainard, who said the Fed should delay raising interest rates until it is confident inflation that is now “well short” of target will rebound. The dollar also fell aga ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-08
The US Federal Reserve should delay interest rate hikes until it is confident inflation will rebound, an influential policymaker said on Tuesday, adding to signals of a dovish stance from the central ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-06
... rant will reserve the seats. If the customer can reach the booked restaurant by the designated duration, and “check in” to verify the deal using the app, the eatery will be charged by Bid N Eat a comm ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-28
... e Federal Reserve in winding down their crisis-era policies. Yet in one key area, none of the world's central banks has found the answer. Inflation remains well below their 2 percent targets, stoking ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-25
... e Federal Reserve gradually tightens policy. India is the latest example of this – the Reserve Bank of India lowered the repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.0 percent at its July monetary policy meeting ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-24
Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen will speak at the annual Jackson Hole Symposium in two days. The financial market is closely watching for clues for the next meeting of the Federal Open Market ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-24
Federal Reserve policymakers appeared increasingly wary about recent weak inflation and some called for halting interest rate hikes until it was clear the trend was transitory, Reuters reports, citing ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-17
... he city's reserve is the key for support of the Hong Kong dollar. According to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the total foreign currency reserve assets of US$413.3 billion represent over seven time ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-08
The Federal Reserve can leave interest rates where they are for now because inflation is not likely to rise much even if the US job market continues to improve, Reuters reports, citing St. Louis Fed P ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-08
... e Federal Reserve is the only major central bank actually raising interest rates, the Bank of England (BoE) came close to doing so in its June meeting. At the same time, pressure for the European Cent ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-03
... S Federal Reserve will begin raising rates and trimming its balance sheet at a pace faster those of the European Central Bank and Britain’s Central Bank. And considering that the dollar is massively o ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-01
... S Federal Reserve will shrink its balance sheet later this year, although it has slowed the pace of hiking rates. In the meantime, China may tighten liquidity in order to stabilize the financial marke ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-31
The US Federal Reserve appears to have slowed down its pace of rate hikes, thus easing the downward pressure on the Chinese renminbi. With no need to support the currency, the People’s Bank of China h ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-28
The US Federal Reserve had yet to announce its rate decision when I wrote this article. But I believe the latest Fed statement would not bring any surprises to the market, including the economic outlo ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-27
The Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday and said it expected to start winding down its massive holdings of bonds "relatively soon" in a sign of confidence in the US economy, Reu ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-27
... S Federal Reserve opened its two-day monetary policy meeting on Tuesday, and it’s widely expected that it would leave key interest rates unchanged. In fact, interest rates may not necessarily keep ste ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-26
... x-Federal Reserve governor and a financial economist) deposit multiplier effect, which means when this money is in the bank, it allows multiple credit creation. Once this money leaves the banks and is ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-26
... S Federal Reserve started to raise interest rates, large capital flows to the US occurred, which worsened the situation of countries with insufficient reserves to support the peg. Furthermore, Hong Ko ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-26
