... times the peak US production in the 1970s. But as China's economic growth slows, its excess steel output is finding its way overseas. Steel use in China rose by just 1 percent last year and the growth ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-17
... the 2007 peak of 14.2 percent. But the annual unemployment rate has remained largely unchanged from 2007 to 2014. Common sense tells us that the unemployment rate is more volatile than GDP growth or ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-16
... heir 1997 peak levels. For those that did not own property, the hardships came from unemployment peaking at almost 8 percent, and falling real incomes. Average household incomes around HK$19,000 a mon ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-13
... Frankly speaking, we should not expect any substantial fall in housing prices. The previous two rounds of tightening measures only cooled swelling property prices and led to a long period of market c ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-12
... ly during peak seasons such as the Lunar New Year and National Day holidays. In an interview with the Hong Kong Economic Journal in Beijing, Lo said Hong Kong's lack of support for the tourism sector ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-11
... likely to peak out after several straight years of sharp gains”, “China's market has disappointed investors for many years, and investors should not expect too much"? Lee, who is now in his 90s, says ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-09
... nd Castle Peak in Tuen Mun and Lamma Island. The nuclear power plant in Shenzhen’s Daya Bay has been supplying electricity to Hong Kong since 1994. CLP is a major investor in the companies that own an ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-06
... rom their peak level. However, it’s quite interesting that most of the GARP stocks in the US markets are real estate, education and energy service plays. It remains uncertain whether the same theory c ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-05
... round the peak for much of the day, the Nasdaq Composite Index surged in late afternoon to finish firmly above the psychological barrier, only the third time the index had ended above 5,000 in nearly ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-03
... 7 percent peak rate in Hong Kong. Singapore has been less generous compared to Hong Kong in helping citizens combat rising prices and aging population. It has offered 50 percent income tax refund, whi ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-27
... reach its peak within the next half-century; in China, the labor force could shrink by 20 percent over this period. Of course, there are exceptions to this trend. Indonesia and South Africa are projec ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-27
... mid-2011 peak of 106 and China is on the verge of a "consumption deflation", just like the situation in Japan. Similarly, producer price index has also been hovering around low levels since 2011 and ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-25
... ists from peak season to the low season, according to the Jornal do Cidadão newspaper. Coming back to Hong Kong, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong and the Liberal Pa ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-24
... ll at its peak in Hong Kong. It cannot be ruled out that the current H3N2 flu virus could mix with H7N9 bird flu virus and create a new variant that would increase the risk of person-to-person infecti ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-24
... ly an off-peak season in the housing market as buyers and investors wait for the budget speech to come out. As such, transaction volume in the new-home market is expected to hit a 20-month low in Febr ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-24
... here now speak better Mandarin and English than Hongkongers. They are also likely to have a better understanding of the China market and the means to access it. "I worked in a Hong Kong factory in Gua ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-24
... uring the peak season, there are typically more than a hundred tourists joining our red leaves tour every day." Chan revealed that the profit margin in the tours is low, but pointed out that the tours ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-23
... the last peak level of 13 times annual household income in 1997. Hong Kong has retained its title of the most unaffordable city in the world for housing for the fourth straight year. (4) Hanergy Thin ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-18
... the real peak for hotel check-ins by mainland tourists will occur on Thursday and Friday, the second and third day of this year’s week-long holidays. In the past, as many as 600 tour groups arrived o ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-18
... New Year peak season. VIP service manager Zhao Junwah told us most of the customers come from mainland China and Hong Kong. And like other casinos, Genting Jeju works closely with junket operators to ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-17
