... e pace of Federal Reserve rate hikes. Rising interest rates in general mean higher borrowing costs for companies. Last week, fears of higher rates overwhelmed the upbeat profit picture as the benchmar ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-05
Based on Fed fund futures, the market consensus is that the Federal Reserve will hike rates three times this year by 0.25 percent each time. But I personally believe that the market may have underesti ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-02
It has been five years since Aaron Swartz, an internet prodigy who co-founded Reddit and Creative Commons, took his own life in January 2013 when facing the prosecution of the US federal government fo ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-01
The US Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday and said it expects the world's largest economy to grow at a moderate pace this year and the labor market to remain strong. Following ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-01
... firm from federal agencies amid concerns it was vulnerable to Kremlin influence, Reuters noted. -- Contact us at [email protected] CG/RC ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-26
... g and the Federal Reserve is expected to raise rates further in 2018. Moreover, US yields remain low enough that the greenback remains an attractive currency to fund “carry trades” or bets on buying h ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-25
... ntence in federal prison for child pornography convictions, also said his accusers fabricated claims to gain money and fame, writing, “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.” “Would you like to withd ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-25
The US Senate confirmed Federal Reserve governor Jerome Powell as the next head of the central bank, succeeding Janet Yellen, a move likely to provide continuity in US monetary policy with the economy ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-24
... mply with federal securities law. The SEC has previously said that such fundraisings should comply with securities law and has warned investors more broadly over the risks of cryptocurrency fraudsters ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-23
... usands of federal workers had begun closing down operations for lack of funding on Monday, the first weekday since the shutdown, but essential services such as security and defense operations had cont ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-23
... nd that a federal agent investigating Democrat Hillary Clinton was found dead. Facebook initially proposed fighting false stories by letting users flag them. The change will affect not only links post ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-22
... uding the Federal Reserve) with US$1.1892 trillion as of October. If China stops buying US Treasuries, the market could suffer ... but this might already be old news since there is evidence that China ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-19
... ctober, a federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Mark Johnson, the former head of HSBC’s global foreign exchange cash trading desk, of trading ahead of a US$3.5 billion currency transaction by his client ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-19
The Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether chipmaker Broadcom Ltd. engaged in anticompetitive tactics in negotiations with customers, the company said. The US regulator has stepped up its i ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-18
The US economy is likely to grow more than 2.5 percent this year, boosted by tax cuts, two Federal Reserve officials said on Wednesday. The growth would be fast enough to push the unemployment rate, a ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-18
A group of 21 state attorneys general in the United States filed a lawsuit on Tuesday to challenge the Federal Communications Commission's decision to do away with net neutrality, Reuters reports. The ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-17
... idea with federal regulators. National security experts fear that any data from a Huawei device, for example about the location of the phone’s user, would be available to Chinese government intelligen ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-16
... r, the US Federal Communications Commission voted to reverse rules introduced in 2015 that barred internet service providers from blocking or throttling traffic or offering paid fast lanes. That means ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-16
... if the US Federal Reserve continues to respond to increases in demand by raising interest rates. This policy would probably also drive up the value of the US dollar, which would undermine the internat ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-16
