... 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
Australia expects to sustain its robust economic growth, lower the unemployment rate and push up wages and inflation, Reserve Bank assistant governor (economic) Christopher Kent said in an upbeat spee ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-14
The Hang Seng Index slumped over 800 points on Monday, the worst performer in the global market, amid expectation that the Federal Reserve might hike interest rates as early as this month. Hong Kong's ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-13
The Federal Reserve is likely to leave interest rates steady after a senior Fed official said it should avoid removing support for the US economy too quickly. In comments Monday, Fed governor Lael Bra ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-13
... S Federal Reserve is holding fire on the next interest rate increase after US non-farm payroll rose by 151,000 in August, below an expected 180,000. The Bank of England, on the other hand, has been cr ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-06
Remarks made by Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen and vice chair Stanley Fischer have reignited speculation that interest rates will be raised soon, sending gold prices to a five-week low. Yellen sai ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-31
