... 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
... e Federal Reserve as it looks to raise interest rates]," he said. In contrast to all the FX noise, European shares saw a broadly quiet day, with most of the main bourses inching up on gains from chemi ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-25
... her news, Reserve Bank of New Zealand Deputy Governor Geoff Bascand said on Tuesday that domestic households are becoming more cautious in spending despite expanding wealth. Such development is posing ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-23
... otes. The Reserve Bank of India, the country's central bank, spends more than US$400 million on currency production each year, about 1.5 percent of the global bank note industry, Bloomberg says. Most ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-23
Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen said Donald Trump’s victory won't change the plan for a rate increase “relatively soon,” sending the US dollar index higher and putting further downward pressure on ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-22
... " Federal Reserve chairman Janet Yellen has indicated a rate hike could be appropriate "relatively soon" and investors anticipate Trump’s proposals to cut taxes and boost infrastructure will spur fast ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-22
The United States Federal Reserve could raise interest rates relatively soon, given the encouraging employment and inflation data, the central bank's chief said on Thursday. The results of the US pres ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-18
... e Federal Reserve had launched several rounds of quantitative easing after the 2008 financial crisis, pushing interest rates to ultra-low levels for quite a long time. But these measures have had limi ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-17
... s Federal Reserve President James Bullard said the Republican sweep of the White House and Congress could break the current gridlock over national policy in a potential boon to the US economy. Industr ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-11
The Federal Reserve has kept interest rates unchanged in its last policy decision before the US election but signaled a hike in December as the economy gathers momentum and inflation picks up. The US ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-03
