... e Federal Reserve buys – and announces that it will buy – assets; the only difference is that these assets are longer-maturity US government debt instruments and mortgage-backed securities of various ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-25
The US Federal Reserve has removed references to being "patient" about its interest rate stance in a recent policy statement, opening the door for a likely rate hike in September. We are slightly over ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-24
... e Federal Reserve series began in 1972) of 2.25 percent on January 30. The yield on the United Kingdom’s 30-year government bond fell to 2.04 percent on the same day. The Japanese 20-year government b ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-23
Seen from a broad perspective, the US Federal Reserve is unlikely to raise its key interest rate anytime soon. Let us take a look at the world's largest economy. The job market has shown sign of impr ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-19
... rnational reserve currency basket managed by the IMF consisting of the US dollar, euro, British pound sterling and Japanese yen. There has been speculation that when the IMF reassesses the weightings ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-19
The US Federal Reserve moved a step closer Wednesday to raising interest rates for the first time since 2006. But it lowered its projections for economic growth and inflation, signaling it is in no ru ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-19
With a fiscal reserve of HK$709 billion as of the end of last year, the Hong Kong government is at its wit's end trying to think of ways to spend its growing pile of cash. And so it announced on Tuesd ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-18
... n Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke indicated an early end to the US central bank's bond purchasing program known as quantitative easing, the Financial Times reported. “I am afraid this may not be ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-18
... S Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, dubbed "Helicopter Ben" for his suggestion that he would drop money from a helicopter to fight deflation, set the money-printing machines in motion in the thic ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-17
... cial bank reserves at the BOJ -- ever threatened to support excessive credit growth and inflation, the BOJ could offset that danger by imposing reserve requirements on the banks. The Japanese authorit ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-17
... e world's reserve currencies. Yi Gang, deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), has high hopes about boosting the currency’s international stature in the near future. "Chances are high th ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-16
... lenders' reserve requirement ratio, up to 600 billion yuan of liquidity could be unleashed, boosting the stock market. Counters related to railway infrastructure, sports equipment, consumption, touri ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-16
... S Federal Reserve's expected move to raise interest rates "won’t pose a big threat" to China, Zhou said, aiming to dispel concerns over a potential surge in capital flight from the country. -- Contac ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-13
... S Federal Reserve is expected to hike interest rates within this year, but at a very modest level. Therefore, the rate rise may have limited impact on the housing market. This article appeared in the ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-12
Four of the biggest American banks barely passed a stress test by the Federal Reserve -- and only after ensuring some wiggle room in their capital ratios. The United States central bank allowed Goldma ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-12
The Federal Reserve is under attack. Bills subjecting the United States’ central bank to “auditing” by the Government Accountability Office are likely to be passed by both houses of Congress. Legislat ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-11
... S Federal Reserve is very likely to announce an interest hike of 0.25 percent within this year. There is a very limited chance to see a sharp rate hike, which could only happen if the inflation rate s ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-10
The US economic recovery appears sustainable, and the Federal Reserve may have to raise interest rates soon, according to Cleveland Fed chief Loretta Mester. "If incoming economic information continue ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-10
The US bank stress-test process is being integrated into the Federal Reserve's year-round supervision of the financial institutions, rather than being squeezed into a months-long sprint each year, the ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-10
... er banks' reserve requirement ratio (RRR) four more times at least. Meanwhile, ANZ pointed out that there is little chance to see across-the-board monetary easing in China. However, the central bank m ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-09
