... S Federal Reserve to raise its key interest rate by 25 basis points this month and steadily adjust the rate higher to take it to one percent by the end of 2016 and to 2 percent by the end of 2017. [Ch ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-04
Janet Yellen has set a bottom line for jobs growth in the United States. Speaking the day before a key employment report, the US Federal Reserve chairwoman said the US economy needs to add fewer than ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-04
Over the next few weeks, the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank are likely to put in place notably different policies. The Fed is set to raise interest rates for the first time in almost ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-03
China will keep the renminbi at a reasonable and balanced level following the International Monetary Fund's decision to add the unit to its reserve currency basket, the State Council said on Wednesday ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-03
Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen on Wednesday expressed confidence in the US economy and said that she is "looking forward" to the central bank's first interest rate hike in nearly a decade. "W ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-03
... e Federal Reserve's tightening policy has made the global financing environment particularly challenging. And with the Fed moving more slowly than expected toward an anticipated interest rate hike, in ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-02
The International Monetary Fund said currencies beyond the dollar, euro, pound and yen may meet the same conditions as the Chinese yuan did to qualify for inclusion in the lender’s basket of reserve c ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-02
... y need to reserve cash to repay debt as interest rates increase. The MTR could face pressure to raise its fares and reduce fare rebates. The government should have the right to allocate the HK$19.5 bi ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-01
... rnational reserve asset created by the IMF to bolster glbal liquiidity. It is based on a weighted average of the value of a basket of currencies comprising the US dollar, euro, pound sterling, Japanes ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-01
The US Federal Reserve Board on Monday adopted a rule that limits its ability to extend emergency loans to failing financial firms. The decision came after the central bank faced criticism earlier ove ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-01
... will help Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan to hold interest rates at current levels when the central bank's monetary policy committee meets on Tuesday. It also offers respite to Prime Min ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-01
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday decided to add China's renminbi to the fund's reserve currency basket, terming the move as a milestone that should encourage Beijing to carry out furthe ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-01
... nto their reserves after the redback joins the SDR basket. The moves will be made in an orderly manner in the next three quarters. Now, will the inclusion offset market concerns about the Chinese unit ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-30
The International Monetary Fund is expected to officially announce on Monday the addition of the Chinese currency to its reserves basket, an acknowledgement of the renminbi, also known as yuan, as a m ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-30
... e Federal Reserve Bank of New York pointed out as early as 15 years ago that the high-yield bonds' spread contains a sea of financial market information, which helps in predicting the market much bett ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-28
... exchange reserves were held in renminbi at the end of last year. That’s up from 0.7 percent at the end of 2013, but still insignificant relative to the US dollar, which accounts for 63.7 percent of t ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-27
... S Federal Reserve won’t be the trigger for a property correction, since the rate hikes will be very modest and gradual. Instead, the financial turmoil the rate hikes will cause, in particular the one- ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-26
... S Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank, launched various monetary easing measures that released an unprecedented amount of liquidity. Seven years later, the amount of funds flooding the world ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-26
... lenders' reserve requirement ratio to boost the economy. Meanwhile, the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Ceajer Chan Ka-keung said the pace of renminbi internationalization is expect ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-25
The US Federal Reserve is almost certain to raise interest rates in its next board meeting on Dec. 16, with financial markets now pricing in a 75 percent probability of a rate hike. Meanwhile, market ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-24
