... e Federal Reserve provided Brazil with a US$30 billion swap line to help it navigate the global financial crisis. But imagine the outrage with which Trump’s supporters would greet a “taxpayer bailout” ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-16
Federal Reserve chairman Janet Yellen said more interest-rate increases will be appropriate if the US economy meets the central bank’s outlook of gradually rising inflation and tightening labor market ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-15
... S Federal Reserve Board's top bank regulator said last Friday that he would resign. The move by Daniel Tarullo is expected to give a boost to Trump's plan to deregulate the financial sector which had ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-14
China's foreign currency reserves dropped below the US$3 trillion level for the first time in nearly six years, data showed Tuesday, highlighting the challenges faced by Beijing in curbing capital out ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-08
... tal Works Reserve Fund (CWRF). These included funding requests for a Tiananmen Square-style town square in Yuen Long, a project that has met with fierce opposition both inside and outside Legco, and f ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-07
Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Patrick Harker is open to raising interest rates again at the US central bank's March meeting if growth in jobs and wages continues, Reuters reports. "I sti ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-07
... Butterfly Reserve in Tai Po and grown there because they can attract some types of butterflies to spawn, he added. Separately, Greeners Action launched a campaign on Sunday with 500 depots set up at v ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-06
The US Federal Reserve is expected to keep interest rates unchanged in its first policy decision since President Donald Trump took office as the central bank awaits greater clarity on his economic pol ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-01
... educe the reserve requirement ratio later this year. If China continues with its accommodative monetary policy while the Fed is on course to tighten its monetary policy, the policy divergence will put ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-26
With the US economy close to full employment and inflation headed toward the Federal Reserve's 2 percent goal, it "makes sense" for the US central bank to gradually lift interest rates, Reuters report ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-19
... S Federal Reserve's aggressive and innovative monetary easing. Republicans nearly unanimously opposed the stimulus. And almost everybody was critical of the rescue programs, urging Obama either to nat ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-16
... e Federal Reserve is expected to accelerate its rate hiking pace but inflation is also expected to pick up this year, so the change in the real mortgage rate could be limited. Even assuming the inflat ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-12
Federal Reserve officials focused on the impact of potential fiscal stimulus during their December policy meeting, with many starting to worry that the central bank might eventually be forced to quick ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-05
... k cut the reserve requirement ratio in the first quarter. Social aggregate financing and new loans also posted rapid growth. Meanwhile, the yuan has witnessed increasing pressure since the second quar ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-29
... You can’t reserve a table in most places, and if word gets around that it is an "amazing" joint, prepare to line up for a long time. 3. Washrooms. If you go to a restaurant, you would expect it to hav ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-22
The US Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percent last week, and its chairwoman Janet Yellen implied that the market should expect three more rate increases next year. Even tho ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-22
... ling. The Reserve Bank of Australia left the official cash rate steady at a record low of 1.5 percent for a fourth month, saying it remains relatively optimistic about the economic growth outlook desp ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-21
... te Client Reserve at US Bank in Palm Beach, Florida. The Dow rose 91.56 points, or 0.46 percent, to 19,974.62, the S&P 500 gained 8.23 points, or 0.363752 percent, to close at 2,270.76 and the Nas ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-21
