... S Federal Reserve has yet to launch a QE4. At a meeting on Oct. 22, European Central Bank president Mario Draghi hinted that the central bank will expand its QE program. The ECB has purchased 60 billi ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-29
The US Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged Wednesday and, in a direct reference to its next policy meeting, put a December rate hike firmly in play. Investors had expected the Fed to stay pa ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-29
Stocks hardly budged on both sides of the border on Monday after China's central bank slashed interest rates and banks' reserve requirement ratio. The People's Bank of China (PBoC) made the announceme ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-27
... s and the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for banks, as expected by market participants. The PBoC has cut interest rates by 1.65 percent so far, and there is room for another 0.75 percent cut and a fu ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-27
... hoped to reserve half of the 100,000 square feet in the three-story shopping center for wedding-related firms. However, the response from potential tenants was reportedly not encouraging. The newspa ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-27
The United States Federal Reserve is unlikely to raise interest rates when its policy-setting committee meets this week. Also, the possibility of a December liftoff is small, the Hong Kong Economic Jo ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-27
... e and the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) on Friday. According to estimates, the move will release 700 billion to 900 billion yuan (US$110-141 billion) capital into the market. China’s economic data s ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-26
... S Federal Reserve to resume its interest rate hike cycle in the coming months, although he is not certain how the market will react to it. The more the uncertainties, the higher the market volatility, ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-26
International Monetary Fund (IMF) representatives have given China strong signals that the yuan is likely to soon join the fund’s basket of reserve currencies, known as Special Drawing Rights, accordi ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-26
... a global reserve currency. The Chinese currency has already become the world’s fourth-most used payment currency and second-most used currency in trade finance. The "one belt, one road" initiative of ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-24
The United States has released several disappointing economic data, which, together with dovish comments by Federal Reserve officials, led to a notable weakening of the US dollar in recent days. Commo ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-24
... S Federal Reserve will raise interest rates soon. While “jumping on the bandwagon” is no good, finding reasons to support their conclusions is also wrong. Several months ago, nearly half of the Americ ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-23
... prise its reserve asset, the Special Drawing Right, would enhance the currency’s international position further. With the right approach, the 13th Five-Year Plan can bring about significant improvemen ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-23
... S Federal Reserve to hold its rate hike until the middle of next year, and the delay will benefit Asian currencies. As concerns over capital outflow subside, China will have more room to lower its int ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-20
... rnational reserve currency. Such misguided reasoning is precisely what led to a generation of unnecessarily slow growth in Japan. It could happen again in China. Copyright: Project Syndicate -- Contac ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-20
... on of the reserve requirement ratio for banks. This article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on Oct. 19. Translation by Julie Zhu [Chinese version中文版] -- Contact us at [email protected] JZ/JP ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-19
... h Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew during his visit to the United States recently. Yellen has assured the Hong Kong official that global factors, including China's ec ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-19
... S Federal Reserve is around the corner. Many emerging countries have spent too much amid massive inflows of low-cost US dollars. Some emerging economies are likely to suffer from an economic recession ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-17
When Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen said in May that the US economy was continuing to improve, she set off market forecasts for an autumn rate hike. “It will be appropriate at some point this year ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-17
... S Federal Reserve expressed its intention to raise interest rates. Some conservative investors decided to follow Warren Buffett's strategy of long-term investment. That’s why many individual investors ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-17
