... 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
... t Federal Reserve "dot plot" has signaled three rate hikes in 2017. Local interbank rates have already posted a substantial bounce from the trough. It’s believed that Hong Kong banks are likely to hik ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-20
... S Federal Reserve to begin to normalize its monetary-policy stance; in addition to a 25-basis-point interest-rate hike on Dec. 14, the Fed has indicated that the pace of such hikes will accelerate in ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-20
... e Federal Reserve may raise rates at a faster clip than most people expect. The unemployment rate and various inflation indicators suggest that a reasonable Fed fund rate should be about 3.8-4.55 perc ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-15
The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced a quarter-percentage point hike in its benchmark interest rate, citing an improved labor market, firming inflation and better economic growth. The move, w ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-15
... Assessing Reserve Adequacy Metric），在2016年2月針對中國入籃（SDR，加 ...全文
... e Federal Reserve meeting and its interest rate decision this week. Also potentially negative for the renminbi are seasonal factors related to the approach of the new year, a usual peak for outbound t ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-12
... e Federal Reserve to raise interest rates at a faster pace, thereby driving down property prices across the globe, including ours. This article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on Dec. 9 Tra ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-12
... ic fiscal reserve of hundreds of billions of dollars... A scrooge who doesn’t want to invest for society, like funding the government’s welfare programs…” Observers thought Ronnie Chan was just ventin ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-05
... a global reserve asset. The pullback now suggests Chinese authorities are alarmed that many firms are using it to move yuan directly offshore, such as to Hong Kong, where it can be freely exchanged, ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-02
... S Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke's statement that the Fed intended to wind down its liquidity support. Markets are now all but certain that the Fed will pursue an interest-rate hike next month. Th ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-29
