... 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
... s and the reserve requirement ratio for commercial banks. However, foreign investors have yet to fully embrace the mainland bull market. As a result, they have been piling into Hong Kong, snapping up ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-02
... eTV has a reserve of more than 30,000 hours of programs, including 10,000 drama episodes, 670 movies and 70 4K (very high-resolution) movies. Translation by Vey Wong [Chinese version中文版] -- Contact us ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-02
... nd banks' reserve requirement ratio by 50 basis points and 250 basis points, respectively. A 50 basis-point cut in RRR could come in June. This article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on Ju ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-01
... nd liquid reserves at commercial banks) has soared – doubling, tripling and, in the United States, quadrupling relative to the precrisis period. This has kept short- and long-term interest rates low ( ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-01
... S Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen has said she expects interest rates to rise this year, sending a clear signal to market participants that there will be a widening divergence between the US dollar ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-30
