... S Federal Reserve will delay interest rate hikes. Among other factors, the restructuring of Li Ka-shing's business empire has also sparked a rally in local blue-chips. In some sectors, it remains uncl ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-03
... ns of the Reserve Bank of Australia said the decision to cut rates by 25 basis points was driven by concern that the country's resources-dependent economy was facing another year of below-average grow ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-03
... s of bank reserve requirement ratio increases and one interest rate hike. All these moves failed to deter the A-share bull market from advancing. What cracked the market was the exogenous shock from t ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-03
... e repo or reserve-requirement ratio may not be launched. And the central bank is likely to step up targeted financing and open market operations before the holiday. The duration of the 28-day reverse ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-30
China should adjust its foreign exchange reserve management to link the renminbi to a basket of currencies given that the US dollar is on a strong upward trajectory. A substantial portion of foreign e ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-29
... s and the reserve requirement ratio. The stock market is expected to remain bullish. -- Deposit insurance scheme will be a sure thing, with a cap at 500,000 yuan (US$79,994). -- Soaring wage costs wil ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-29
... e Western Reserve University in Cleveland, another of the researchers. "The co-existence of these two populations in a confined geographic region at the same time that genetic models predict interbree ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-29
The US economy is expanding "at a solid pace" with strong job gains, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday, signaling that it remains on track to raise interest rates later this year. Following a two- ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-29
... e Federal Reserve may therefore have limited room to tighten, Bank of China says. Given that the chance of Greece leaving the eurozone is low, a rebound of euro from the selloff triggered by European ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-28
... d cut the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for commercial banks amid the economic slowdown, Liu noted. Though the central bank may not ease right away on concern that lower rates may further push more ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-28
... e housing reserve fund, there will still be HK$38 billion remaining, far more than the originally expected HK$9.1 billion. The situation puts the government in a good position to offer some giveaways ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-27
... S Federal Reserve and the US Treasury to teach the markets a lesson by allowing Lehman to fail was a disastrously bad call. The panic was sharp and severe, requiring central banks to play their fundam ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-23
... S Federal Reserve raises interest rates, credit will reverse to tight from loose. The exceptionally strong US dollar has sent prices of various commodities plunging, so their markets will become very ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-22
... S Federal Reserve will only raise borrowing costs at a gradual pace while plunging oil prices put pressure on inflation around the world. "The interest rate will not go up so quickly," he said. "And l ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-22
The share of US dollar in global foreign exchange reserves has risen from 60.7 percent in the second quarter of 2014 to 62.3 percent in the third quarter, marking the highest level in three years, acc ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-21
... sh banks' reserve requirement ratio by 100 basis points in the first half of 2015 to spur more lending. Others, however, think Beijing may have to get more aggressive, even at risk of reinflating asse ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-20
... remendous reserves [to exchange for euros],” he said. He said the role of the Swiss franc as a safe-haven currency will dwindle because the unit is not liquid enough. “A safe-haven currency requires l ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-16
... he banks' reserve requirement ratio three times, at 50 basis points each time. Meanwhile, Richard Jerram, chief economist at the Bank of Singapore, warned of a potential credit risk in China, noting t ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-16
... S Federal Reserve will hike interest rates as expected. If the Fed delays the rate hike or launches another round of quantitative easing, the property price rally will take longer to dissipate. -- Con ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-15
... or of the Reserve Bank of India, cited declining inflationary pressures for the decision to cut the policy repo rate to 7.75 percent from 8 percent. Wholesale price inflation has been at or close to z ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-15
