... enormous reserve of vacant flats by fostering the private rental market to meet the urgent housing needs of low- to medium-income families. These measures may include: 1. Offering tax incentives to l ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-30
... Also, the reserve requirement ratio for newly increased deposits under the new rules will be temporarily set at zero. Analysts said the move is expected to lower banks' loan-to-deposit ratio and incre ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-29
... ion) cash reserve. Despite the surge in the number of subdivided flats, Cheung said the government has no intention of imposing regulations on such units or reintroducing rent controls. He said the ke ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-22
... w foreign-reserve coverage of their foreign debt would be more vulnerable to capital outflows than their healthier peers. From this perspective, India and Indonesia would potentially be hit hard, whil ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-19
A HK$27 billion (US$3.48 billion) housing reserve is being established to tackle the projected deficit of the Housing Authority in the long term and help it achieve the government's target for new hom ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-19
China's central bank is likely to cut interest rates and the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for commercial banks across the board to boost liquidity in the coming year, China International Capital Co ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-18
The US Federal Reserve signaled that it expects to tighten monetary policy by the middle of 2015 as it dropped its forecast that it will keep interest rates low for a “considerable time”, the Financia ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-18
China's central bank is likely to slash interest rates once or twice and lower the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) two times in the coming year, CLSA said Monday. However, the first rate cut will not ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-15
... me to the Reserve Bank of Australia, commercial banks and close to the New South Wales state parliament. A couple of hundred people were being held back by cordons and a police SWAT team and the fire ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-15
... S Federal Reserve is likely to raise its key interest rate and after China's recent move to cut its benchmark rates. – Contact us at [email protected] VW/JP/RC ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-15
... lower the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) from the current level, and adjust the loan-to-deposit ratio by including interbank deposits in the calculation. -- Contact us at [email protected] RC ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-10
... S Federal Reserve has begun to tighten policy by finally ending its historic quantitative easing program in October in the light of strong growth in employment and economic data, the European Central ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-10
The Federal Reserve has proposed that big US banks be required to increase the amount of capital they set aside to guard against unexpected losses. While the central bank stopped short of listing the ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-10
... he banks' reserve requirement ratio (RRR) by 200 basis points in the coming year as economic growth is not robust enough, Wade said. He said the supply glut in the housing market and the depreciation ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-10
... ities may reserve sweet spots for some pro-democracy politicians during the next round consultation on the electoral reform package, as well as be ready for a last-minute deal with them. The administr ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-09
... ording to Reserve Bank of India data in January. Slowing economic growth and rising interest rates have left many Indian companies unable to service interest payments or repay debt. Despite that, Indi ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-09
The Federal Reserve is expected to maintain its pledge to keep interest rates near zero for a "considerable time" as it is likely to take a slow and steady approach to its first rate rise in a decade. ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-09
... rnational reserve assets set by the IMF to augment international liquidity by supplementing standard reserve currencies. "I believe the volatility of the yuan will not be too high compared with other ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-08
... on in the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for banks, as the former can help boost demand for credit, while the latter is mainly aimed at expanding the supply of credit. “Corporates do not have a stron ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-05
... margin or reserve margin of around 45 percent, which is the capacity kept in operation over and above the maximum demand in order to cover for plant breakdowns and unexpected surges in demand. However ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-04
