... 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
... f Federal Reserve stimulus aimed at reviving the real economy led to the wave of share buybacks while firms neglected capital expenditure. Few people expect European firms to match the staggering sums ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-06
Australia is likely to see a rise in the jobless rate as economic growth is not keeping pace with the rapidly expanding workforce, according to John Edwards, a member of the Reserve Bank of Australia' ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-05
China is likely to pause in cutting interest rates and focus instead on lowering bank reserve requirements in the near future in its efforts to boost liquidity in the economy. The reserve requirement ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-03
China is likely to take a pause in interest rate cuts and focus instead on lowering the bank reserve requirements in the near future in a bid to boost liquidity in the system. The reserve requirement ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-03
More members of the United States' Federal Reserve favor raising interest rates in June. And since Fed chief Janet Yellen puts a premium on consensus, the possibility of a June tightening looms larger ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-02
... the bank reserve ratio requirement. China's economic growth slipped to 7.4 percent last year, its slowest pace in nearly a quarter century, promoting Beijing to look at big-bang measures to shore up ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-02
... entiating reserve requirements according to sector or type of financial institution. The results have not been encouraging. For example, when the PBoC cut its benchmark interest rate in November in or ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-27
... s such as reserve requirement ratio (RRR) cut. The last RRR cut took place just three weeks ago. Now, it is worth bearing in mind that in late 2008 the PBoC launched two RRR cuts within a span of thre ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-26
... s foreign reserves, China Daily Mail reported Thursday. The report cited Duowei News, a media outlet run by overseas Chinese. It highlighted a recent decision by Citizen China, which makes Japanese ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-26
... duced the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for commercial lenders by 50 basis points after slashing interest rates in November. It was the first RRR cut in three years and authorities said they will ke ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-25
Federal Reserve chairman Janet Yellen said an interest rate hike may be considered on a "meeting-by-meeting basis", another sign the United States central bank is preparing to end its ultra loose poli ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-25
