... e Federal Reserve's looming rate increase. The benchmark Hang Seng Index rose 12 percent in the three months to September, the biggest gain in seven years, the report said. “It’s a bit of a mystery as ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-24
... exchange reserves portfolio. China's interest rate reform has achieved big progress since the official daily fixing reform in August last year. The Ministry of Finance has started to issue three-mon ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-19
... . Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen talked about high-pressure economy in a recent conference, indicating that easy monetary policy will still be the mainstay in a low-growth situation. This will pro ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-18
US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen on Friday mentioned the concept of a "high-pressure economy” and hinted at the possibility of allowing inflation to run above the 2 percent target rate in order t ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-18
... -exchange reserves and current-account positions since the sell-off that roiled developing nations during the so-called taper tantrum in 2013 when the US Federal Reserve signaled it would wind down bo ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-14
... e Federal Reserve and the Bank of England are likely to weigh on the pound. The US Federal Reserve ended its quantitative easing in 2014 but the Bank of England is being forced to pump more liquidity ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-13
Federal Reserve policymakers expect a rate hike "relatively soon" if the US economy continues to strengthen even as doubts on inflation remain. The minutes of the Sept. 20-21 meeting, at which the US ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-13
... e Federal Reserve will raise rates in December. Minutes of the latest meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee to be released on Wednesday would be scrutinized for more hints. The Bank of Japan is ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-12
The US dollar soared to a seven-month high against major currencies on expectations the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in December amid solid US economic data. Sterling continued its downwa ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-12
... e Federal Reserve is widely expected to hike rates before the end of this year. These threats are overstated. The market has already factored in a US rate hike. As for Europe and Japan, which have bee ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-11
... Hong Kong Reserve Division League, which was organized by the Hong Kong Football Association (HKFA) in the 2015-2016 football season. The bribes involved reportedly amounted to more than HK$90,000. Th ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-07
... its land reserve to meet market demand. This raises a serious question: What do we do once that reserve is used up? It won't be too long before that day comes, according to government figures. There ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-07
... season's Reserve Division League. Among those believed to be in the dock is a person who had won an honor in the past in a Hong Kong Top Footballers Awards event, the Hong Kong Economic Journal repor ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-06
In his recent debate with his opponent Hillary Clinton, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pressed his claim that US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen is politically motivated. The Fed, T ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-04
... rnational reserve asset. The value of the SDR is determined by a basket of currencies. From Oct. 1, 2016, the SDR basket consists of the US dollar, the euro, the Chinese renminbi, the Japanese yen, an ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-03
China's renminbi is "quite a ways" from becoming a global reserve currency despite its inclusion in the International Monetary Fund's currency basket, and China needs further reform to reach that goal ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-30
... S Federal Reserve will be very restrained in its rate moves. At the moment, the Fed fund futures imply there may be one rate hike in December and another next year. Now, how did property perform histo ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-29
... S Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan are continuing to be quite accommodative in their monetary policies. This will boost liquidity flows and provide support for the Hong Kong equity market. Next, ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-27
The US Federal Reserve has left interest rates unchanged but strongly signaled it could still tighten monetary policy by the end of this year as the labor market improved further. Fed chair Janet Yell ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-22
... e Federal Reserve may hold back from its tightening its monetary policy. If that happens, the US dollar, and thus the Hong Kong dollar, won't become stronger, and that will be good news for the city’s ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-19
