Many of those who attended this year’s meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos were struck by the jubilant mood of the CEOs in attendance. It was hard to reconcile the optimism of these business ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-02
... ble kudos by a relatively simple process that still leaves the judiciary in control of what is, demonstrably, an intrinsically justiciable issue. The solution, if I may make so bold as to teach grandm ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-01
... emplified by the negative equity cases soaring to more than 12,000 cases, an 18-year high. This time, the number of negative equity cases was higher than the financial tsunami in 2008-9 but still fell ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-01
... addressed by counting on people to switch to lower-carbon technologies, or will it take more fundamental changes to how we live and organize ourselves as a society? These are not just philosophical or ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-01
... debt held by the public），後者的三分之二屬國內投資者，三分之一屬外國投資者。美國國內持 ...全文
... replaced by the dangerous fallacy that it would be better to unwind all those international linkages and respond nationally to national needs. The pandemic and Russia’s war have intensified the appar ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-31
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) surprised markets on Wednesday by keeping its Yield Curve Control (YCC) policy unchanged. The BoJ’s decision temporarily pushed Japanese government bond (JGB) yields lower and ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-31
... n offered by three Acts of the Biden administration to electric vehicles, telecommunications and energy infrastructure. Disbursement of the money is linked in part to the degree of production within t ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-31
... d created by pandemic spending. Anyone with any faith in the market economy knew that the supply issues would be resolved eventually; but no one could possibly know when. After all, we have never endu ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-30
... spending by up to 55%. And in response to the 2014 oil-price crash, Mexico pared public spending by close to 0.7% of GDP. Although high prices may lead to economic booms, they inevitably fall – and o ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-30
... reflected by the salary – the higher the salary, the merrier the teacher, the better the teaching (that’s what one calls inference, I suppose). And then there are those who cynically frame teaching as ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-27
... missioned by the G20 concludes that these institutions are uniquely positioned to help governments achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. The G20 report argues that MDBs could expa ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-27
... ycle, led by inversion in the yield curve. In the U.S., two-year rates inverted with 10-year rates at the end of March 2022, with three-month rates following suit in October. Higher rates typically ti ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-27
Everyone agrees that, after the end of Zero-Covid, China’s economy will recover in 2023. But by how much? Mainstream banks predict GDP growth of between 4 per cent and 5.9 per cent. The Rhodium Group ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-26
... – it was by no means the first this year. Huu Can Tran – 72 years old. A shooter with a rather nondescript profile. A Vietnamese-American that had once worked as a dance teacher at the venue where he ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-26
... eoccupied by the Russo-Ukrainian War, with a lot of military assets having been sent to or earmarked for Ukraine, possibly at the expense of Taiwan’s defence needs. In December 2022, a letter from US ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-26
... 2023. But by how much? Mainstream banks predict GDP gro ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightMark O’Neill2023年01月26日
Farming is one of the world’s oldest and most far-reaching endeavors. Meeting the growing food demands of the global population – projected to reach ten billion by 2050 – amid accelerating climate cha ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-25
... “chicken” by jumping out of his car at the last moment while his rival miscalculates and drives off a California cliff. With the US economy barreling toward the cliff’s edge, it is clear that intransi ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-24
