... hard. The central bank set the yuan's daily midpoint at 6.9225 per dollar before the market open, its weakest level since Dec. 3, 2018. The onshore yuan finished the domestic session at 7.0352 per dol ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-06
... ll as G-7 central bankers, who cited concerns over virtual units, data privacy and security, as well as Facebook’s poor record in preventing misuse of its user data. As it seeks to overcome the hurdle ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-05
... nday, the central bank linked the yuan’s weakness to the fallout from the trade war, but said it would not change its currency policy and that two-way fluctuations in the yuan’s value are normal. “Und ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-05
As the nominee to succeed European Central Bank President Mario Draghi in November, Christine Lagarde may be hoping that her job will be somewhat easier than that of her predecessor. Yet the opposite ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-05
... r line in Central Java for causing voltage drops that hit power networks in Jakarta as well as West Java and Banten provinces. “We will investigate to find the root causes and analyse them in detail. ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-05
... ce in the Central and Western District. They appeared in court on Wednesday morning and all but one were granted bail and ordered to come back for a hearing on Sept. 25. The fact that the justice depa ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-02
Thousands of workers from the financial sector braved intermittent rain to stage a brief rally at Chater Garden in Central on Thursday night to press demands for an independent inquiry into recent vio ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-02
... Garden in Central on Friday night to urge the government to respond to the people's demands related to the extradition bill. Police have issued a letter of no objection for the rally, which was applie ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-02
... ng the US central bank’s move. Although he said the cut won’t herald a long series of rate reductions, he also said, “I didn’t say it’s just one rate cut.” In my opinion, there are three potential rea ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-02
... esist the central government, RTHK quoted him as saying. However, the people of Hong Kong absolutely cannot be exploited by others, he said. Noting that Hong Kong is facing an unprecedented and worsen ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-01
All, except one, of the 44 people who were arrested on rioting charges following the anti-government protests and clashes in the Central and Western District on Sunday have been granted bail. The accu ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-01
... ter China Central Television network (CCTV) has been among the entities that was offering such facilities. But when it comes to Hong Kong, the vast majority of citizens here can only watch such games ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-01
... orts. The central bank said it will “continue to monitor” how incoming information affects the economy and that it will “act as appropriate to sustain” the expansion. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell cited ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-01
Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, has set a low bar for additional stimulus. The data no longer needs to deteriorate to trigger a policy response; a lack of improvement will do. Ma ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-31
... European Central Bank, the People's Bank of China and the Bank of Japan. That is because it is recognizing in a veiled way that we are in a dangerous bubble inflated by central banks, and that we are ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-31
... ed by the central authorities, Li was extolled as "an excellent Party member, a time-tested and loyal Communist soldier, and an outstanding proletarian revolutionary, statesman, and leader of the Part ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-30
... he Occupy Central event in 2014, the Greater Bay Area initiative and the extradition bill saga. Fitch said it may need to review the city’s credit rating if that erosion continues. What would be the c ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-30
Hong Kong civil servants have joined the anti-extradition bill movement. Five representatives of personnel from several government departments went to the Central Police Station on Monday to apply for ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-30
... ed by the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for defense shall not interfere in the local affairs of the region”. As we can see right from the start, the anti-e ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-30
