When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, Ukraine inherited part of its nuclear arsenal. But in the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, Ukraine agreed to return these weapons to Russia in exchange for “assurance ...More
EJ Insight2022-07-11
... ive change. And, if managed well, this change need not even threaten incumbents, because they can adopt the new technologies and business models to keep pace with what consumers have come to expect fr ...More
EJ Insight2022-07-08
Russia’s war on Ukraine has sent shockwaves around the world. Oil prices have skyrocketed and food prices have soared, causing political instability. The last time food prices were this volatile, riot ...More
EJ Insight2022-07-08
... 障缺口，估計規模達1.8萬億美元2。 香港方面，2019年的身故風險保障缺口估計達6.9萬億港元3，即相當於每 ...全文
2022年07月08日
... securities. Is inflation always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon, as Milton Friedman insisted? Or is it a consequence of fiscal over-extension – or simply a symptom of a more general democratic ma ...More
EJ Insight2022-07-07
Over the past two and a half years, world oil and gas prices have been subject to demand shocks and supply shocks – and sometimes both simultaneously. The resulting volatility in energy markets is bot ...More
EJ Insight2022-07-06
... st grapple. Politicians need the answer, in order to concoct their elixir for holding onto office for yet another term (in electoral democracies – am looking at you, BoJo – via elections; in non-elect ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-30
... r how long. That depends on the answers to six questions. First, will the rise in inflation in most advanced economies be temporary or more persistent? This debate has raged for the past year, but now ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-30
The website of the Trinity Church in Sutton, southwest London, is written in English and traditional Chinese – 歡迎香港人, Welcome Hong Kong people. “The middle of a pandemic is not an easy time to arrive ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-30
... ong people. "The middle of a pandemic is not an easy ti ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightMark O’Neill2022年06月30日
... able goods. There was additional support from stimulus measures boosting consumer demand. Since May 2021, copper prices have mostly traded sideways. Often when markets lack a strong directional trend, ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-29
The world is facing a triple crisis of food, energy, and water scarcity. While its immediate triggers were the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine war, its roots run much deeper: a culture of relentless ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-29
There has been much talk lately of a return to 1970s economic conditions. Here in the United Kingdom, year-on-year inflation reached 9.1% in May, and disruptive labor strikes are dominating the headli ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-28
Abnormal and even extreme weather has become more frequent. The Observatory forecasts that tropical cyclone incidence and total rainfall this year will be "normal to high". To be well-prepared, the Ci ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-28
As the 5th wave of Covid-19 gradually subsides, waves of new private housing projects are now under the spotlight. Intensifying competition among developers became the talk of the town after a quarter ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-24
The definition of a patriot is someone who loves his country and will defend it against an enemy. I am British by birth and upbringing. I hold Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s commission in the army a ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-23
