... om global central banks and governments calmed panic selling. Crude was also supported by hopes for a settlement and potential US output cuts, although gains could be temporary as oil demand continues ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-10
... rries the central government’s imprimatur. As chief executive, she has all the powers she needs to address Hong Kong’s underlying social problems. She does not need Beijing’s approval to establish an ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-10
... we expect central banks to cut policy interest rates further as well as use other, unconventional, monetary policy tools.” The US Federal Reserve on Monday sharply stepped up the size of its fund inje ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-10
... Wuhan in central China’s Hubei province by the fourth chartered flight arranged by the government. A 76-year-old female confirmed patient (the 99th case) died on Sunday afternoon, the third death cau ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-09
... the Wuhan Central Hospital; he died on the frontline on February 7, aged 34. On December 30, he warned of the risks of the virus. He and seven other doctors were summoned by the police and forced to w ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-09
... tions are centralized in large hubs. Financial activity is concentrated in the United States, for example, while China is the world’s manufacturing center. This structure is geared toward maximizing e ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-09
... that the central bank drops rates to zero and resumes asset purchases, Fels said. Other central banks, including in developing countries, are likely to ease policy further in coming weeks and months ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-09
... r India’s central bank placed the bank under a moratorium and imposed limits on withdrawals. A spokesman for Yes Bank did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Weighed down by an increasin ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-09
... with the central government is at an all-time high, and the lack of transparency over core information – such as quarantine lists – has spurred paranoia. It is high time that civil society steps in, ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-09
... European Central Bank has asked euro zone banks to urgently test their large-scale remote working or other flexible arrangements for critical staff. German and British financial regulators have also ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-06
Four charter flights have evacuated 469 Hong Kong residents from central China's Hubei province, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, in a two-day rescue operation that ended on ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-06
... bridge in central England in 2000, and had her flown back to Dubai. He also ruled it was proved that the sheikh had arranged for Shamsa’s younger sister Latifa to be snatched from a boat in internatio ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-06
... y chains. Central banks may need to act further China and its financial system will likely need to support a serious cash crunch due to decreased economic activity – with reduced employment, productio ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-05
... randed in central China’s Hubei province. They will be brought back by four flights chartered by the government, and then quarantined for 14 days upon their arrival on Wednesday and Thursday. Given th ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-04
... ed in the central Chinese city of Wuhan late last year, has spread around the world, with more new cases now appearing outside China than inside. There are almost 91,000 cases globally of which more t ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-04
... said the Central Intelligence Agency had targeted China’s aviation and energy sectors, scientific research organizations, internet companies, and government agencies. The hacking of aviation targets ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-04
... ge in the central bank's outlook for growth, Reuters reports. "The virus and the measures that are being taken to contain it will surely weigh on economic activity, both here and abroad, for some time ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-04
... ctions in central Hubei province on Monday. Excluding Hubei, there were 11 new cases in mainland China on Monday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in mainland China so far to 80,151. The d ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-03
Hong Kong has arranged four charter flights to bring back 533 of its residents from central China's Hubei province, the center of the coronavirus outbreak, about a month after countries around the wor ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-03
... ctions in central Hubei province on Monday. Excluding Hubei, there were 11 new cases in mainland China on Monday. That brings the total number of confirmed cases in mainland China so far to 80,151. Th ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-03