... s Federal Reserve begins to raise interest rates within a year. The report was commissioned by the International Centre for Monetary and Banking Studies and written by a panel of senior economists inc ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-29
The world is getting impatient with the US dollar’s dominance in the global markets. Countries from China to Russia and Europe have been questioning its super reserve currency status. Even the Europea ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-26
... s Federal Reserve ends its ultra low interest rate policy, he said. Hong Kong will have a deficit of three million sq. ft. of office space by 2020, equivalent to three office towers of Two IFC. The fo ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-25
The former head of technology for Liberty Reserve, which created an alternative digital currency that was allegedly used in money-laundering activities, pleaded guilty to criminal charges in a US cour ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-25
The Federal Reserve plans to end a six-year-old bond-buying program in October but stopped short of saying when it will allow interest rates to rise, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Unite ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-18
... ut to the reserve ratio for the whole banking system, according to market analysts. The move has been confirmed by several financial institutions including Guotai Junan Securities and Guosen Securitie ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-17
Senior US figures, including former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, warned that a "yes" vote for independence would be an economic mistake for Scotland and a geopolitical disaster for the Wes ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-16
... S Federal Reserve to be so close to the end of its quantitative easing, even as the ECB takes the baton to add €1 trillion to the world’s liquidity. And meanwhile, Japan just keeps plugging away. Firs ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-11
... d he will reserve his right to sue media outlets, which he said wrongly reported the case with unconfirmed materials. "Expose my identity? Report to the police? Do you [Hong Kong netizens] think you a ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-08
... w Federal Reserve rules, the report said. Banks will have to fully meet the requirements by Jan. 1, 2017, a more stringent deadline than Basel, which gives banks until January 1, 2019, it said. “As th ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-04
... e Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation rejected the most recent living wills as completely inadequate – meaning that there is still no road map for handling the failure of a v ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-03
Federal Reserve officials debated during their policy meeting in July whether they should raise interest rates sooner than expected amid the strengthening economic recovery, but they were restrained b ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-21
... ing could reserve the right not to approve the chief executive elected by Hongkongers and a veto could deliver serious political shock for the city, he said. -- Contact us at [email protected] JZ/MY/JL ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-20
... o Federal Reserve studies, farmland prices were up 15 percent last year in the most productive part of the Corn Belt, and 26 percent in the western Corn Belt and high plains. Iowa land selling for US$ ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-20
... e Federal Reserve rejected its dividend and share-buyback proposal, citing difficulty in determining the impact of a severe recession on the group's global operations. -- Contact us at [email protected] ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-20
... but will "reserve his right to speak about the matter in future", he said. "Even though I will not be seeing you as president in future, if there's any chance for me to express views on any matters of ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-19
... uisition, reserve and supply that occurred from 2008 to 2013, Reuters cited a mainland newspaper as reporting over the weekend. The audit, to be launched this week under the State Council's oversight, ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-18
... s and the reserve requirement ratio as sterilization tools to avoid making the difficult choice between monetary autonomy and currency controls. However, sterilization cannot go on forever, as its cos ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-15
Janet Yellen has staked her tenure as chair of the Federal Reserve on a simple principle: she'd rather fight inflation than another economic downturn. Interviews with current and former Fed officials ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-13
A soft US housing recovery and weak labour force participation are two reasons for disappointing global growth, and this could be a long-term phenomenon, US Federal Reserve vice-chairman Stanley Fisch ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-12
