... 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
... he global reserve currency. China has cut interest rates and expanded lending, but the efforts have yet to pay off. The main problem is that the incremental capital has so far failed to flow into real ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-17
... e words “RESERVE BANK OF ZIMBABWE” in English. The image of three rocks on the note is the one on a Zimbabwean note. However, 1,000 Zimbabwean dollars would be worth merely US$2.76. A picture of the ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-16
... lenders' reserve requirement ratios and cut in interest rates," said Lievore. The Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect and the anticipated inclusion of A-shares into MSCI Indexes are other factors that m ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-16
... ut in the reserve requirement ratio for banks early this month. The market is expecting the central bank to inject more liquidity into the market as deflationary pressures set in and developed economi ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-13
... s reduced reserve requirements on banks. Denmark has taken its official deposit rate into negative territory. Even the most stability-obsessed countries have made unexpected moves. Beyond cutting inte ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-12
... educe the reserve requirement for commercial lenders to help inject more liquidity into the system. But aggressive monetary easing to reflate the economy could increase overcapacity, blunt efforts to ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-11
... y cut the reserve requirement ratio by 50 basis points (0.5 percentage point), which is obviously not sufficient. At 19.5 percent, the RRR is too high and could be cut by a further 4 or 5 percentage p ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-10
China is capable of dealing with capital outflow given its massive US$4 trillion foreign exchange reserve. It managed to stabilize the renminbi amid huge capital outflows in the last quarter of 2012. ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-10
The People's Bank of China (PBoC) last week cut banks' reserve requirement ratio (RRR) by 50 basis points, a move that came as a surprise for some market participants. The decision does make sense gi ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-09
