... s. The US Federal Reserve is on track to raise interest rates while signs of corporate stress emerging in the Chinese economy may force policymakers to shift away from its current 'neutral-to-tight' m ...More
EJ Insight2018-06-26
... in the US Federal funds rate. Historically, though, interest rates in Asia and EM have usually followed the trend in developed-market rates (full monetary independence is not possible under the presen ...More
EJ Insight2018-06-25
... es in the Federal Reserve’s most severe scenario to date, their level of high-quality capital would be greater than the threshold that regulators demand – and above levels seen immediately leading up ...More
EJ Insight2018-06-22
... icials. A federal appeals court has interpreted the Flores agreement to allow immigration officials to detain families for only 20 days. Any attempt by the government to modify the agreement would lik ...More
EJ Insight2018-06-21
The US Supreme Court agreed to take up Apple Inc.’s bid to escape a lawsuit accusing it of breaking federal antitrust laws by monopolizing the market for iPhone software applications and causing consu ...More
EJ Insight2018-06-19
... ar”. A US federal judge questioned the credibility of the Chinese submissions in the case and, after a 2013 jury trial, awarded the two American companies US$147.8 million in damages. The 2nd Circuit ...More
EJ Insight2018-06-15
The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised interest rates for the second time this year and signaled two more hikes in 2018 as the world's largest economy continues to do well amid falling unemploymen ...More
EJ Insight2018-06-14
... tition, a federal judge in Washington said, Reuters reports. The merger was approved without conditions and is seen as a turning point for the media industry, the report said, noting that the decision ...More
EJ Insight2018-06-13
... mber, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) repealed the Obama administration’s 2015 landmark net neutrality rules by a 3-2 vote, sparking a firestorm of criticism. The 2015 order subjected inte ...More
EJ Insight2018-06-12
... where the Federal Reserve is on the cusp of another interest rate rise while the European Central Bank is still using crisis-era measures. Financial markets around the world were battered by Trump’s t ...More
EJ Insight2018-06-08
Cryptocurrency and payments platform Circle Internet Financial plans to seek a federal banking license and also pursue registration as a brokerage and trading venue with the US Securities and Exchange ...More
EJ Insight2018-06-07
... as the US Federal Reserve continues to normalize interest rates? Rising interest rates could test stability in some advanced economies as well, especially in Italy, where voters, particularly in the l ...More
EJ Insight2018-06-07
... zens than federal aid; consider, for example, who responds during a traffic accident or a natural disaster. To be sure, today’s cities face many challenges. As urban areas have grown, leaders have bee ...More
EJ Insight2018-06-06
... guilty in federal court in Texas to conspiring to evade US embargoes by illegally shipping US goods and technology to Iran. Shenzhen-based ZTE has a subsidiary in Richardson, Texas. ZTE had agreed to ...More
EJ Insight2018-06-06
A former officer with the US Defense Intelligence Agency has been arrested for allegedly trying to spy on the United States for China, Reuters reports, citing the US Justice Department. The Federal Bu ...More
EJ Insight2018-06-05
