... the IMF’s reserve asset, the Special Drawing Right – a move that, while appropriate, would do little for medium-term growth. But, if China is to replicate the success of Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-22
It would not be surprising if China were to cut the required reserve ratio (RRR) for banks by half, to about 9 percent, in the next two or three years to boost the economy, Credit Suisse research anal ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-18
US interest rates will remain near zero for now but the Federal Reserve is leaning toward liftoff later this year amid signs economic activity is picking up. Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen is warn ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-18
... duced the reserve requirement ratio in order to lower the financing costs for businesses. Meanwhile, the government has pushed forward the reform agenda, including SOE reform, innovation, and financi ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-17
... he banks' reserve requirement ratio (RRR) to bolster economic growth. That could lend some support to the market. The latest data shows the slowdown in economic growth has started to stabilize. Indust ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-16
... S Federal Reserve exceeded its authority in the insurer's 2008 bailout. While Judge Thomas Wheeler of the Federal Court of Claims in Washington, D.C., sided with Greenberg on a key legal claim, the de ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-16
... rnational reserve asset currently incorporating the US dollar, euro, British pound and Japanese yen. He made the remarks after a forum in Hong Kong Monday on offshore renminbi. The criteria the IMF us ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-15
Market attention is now on the US Federal Reserve meeting that will be held June 16-17. It appears that a rate hike is coming closer as indicated by various data and Fed chief Janet Yellen’s remarks. ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-13
... e Federal Reserve in the United States in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Chinese stocks have gone through years of a bear market and distressed valuations, as the market is skeptical about the ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-13
... urity and reserve some time for the police to get ready," Chan told. Kenneth Chan Ka-lok, another lawmaker, said he does not agree with plans to allow the police to enter the Legco and get ready in ad ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-12
... e Federal Reserve will hold off on policy tightening following the disappointing US first-quarter GDP data, but such thinking may be off the mark, said Will Shum, a portfolio manager at fundsupermart. ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-11
... e Federal Reserve embraced QE). If monetary expansion does not merit the charge of currency manipulation, still less do other sorts of economic policies. Some have argued that even though the PBOC has ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-11
The World Bank has joined the International Monetary Fund in urging the US Federal Reserve to hold off raising rates until next year, citing an uneven recovery in the United States and the risks to em ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-11
... S Federal Reserve rake hikes on emerging markets. The forecast also assumes recoveries in the eurozone and Japan take hold, the newspaper said. The bank said also downgraded prospects for the US econo ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-11
Economists are predicting a 40 percent chance that the Federal Reserve will postpone an interest rate increase beyond September. They said the delay will happen if the job market stumbles or inflation ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-10
... S Federal Reserve, once it finally takes place, may result in a correction in the A-share market as a stronger US dollar will trigger capital outflow from the country. But the A-share market will rema ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-09
Perhaps Chinese President Xi Jinping should ponder on the advice of former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke as the world’s second-largest economy pursues its ambitious reforms. What would be the ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-06
... duced the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) since late last year. As a result, interest rates in China’s money market has been falling. Also, AAA-rated mainland bonds have seen their yields decline. Chi ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-06
... ng banks' reserve requirement will help boost demand for credit and increase money supply, which in turn would help stabilize economic growth over the long term. Many economists expect the central ban ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-04
... rate and reserve requirement ratio for banks, the newspaper said. More than 100 cities have adjusted their housing provident fund policies, making it easier for residents to withdraw the fund to buy ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-03
