... Shatin to Central Link scandal. Lam has ruled out any possibility of an amnesty for protesters on grounds that it would undermine the rule of law; perhaps she can ask her friends in the police force w ...More
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Beijing's top representative in Hong Kong on Thursday offered words of support for the beleaguered Carrie Lam administration, saying the central government stands by the territory's leadership in the ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-12
... pates the central bank will reduce the slope of its policy band slightly to 0.5 percent per annum from 1.0 percent. ING said the central bank might well before October. “Today’s data suggest that wait ...More
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... ountries’ central banks, several of which have also expressed concern about Facebook’s digital currency project. The US Financial Stability Oversight Council, a panel of regulators that identifies ris ...More
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The global financial crisis that erupted in 2008 transformed the role of central bankers and the scale and scope of their policy toolkit. Today, financial stability is once again at the core of centra ...More
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... all small Central American, Caribbean or Pacific nations. Tsai will be visiting St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, and Haiti on her overseas tour. In New York, Tsai will m ...More
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... argue the central bank needs to do more or risk losing public trust that it takes the target seriously. “If the public comes to believe that a persistent downside miss to the 2 percent goal means the ...More
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... Mexico’s central Puebla state more than 80 years after the model was introduced in Germany. The Puebla factory, which already produces VW’s Tiguan SUV, will make the Tarek SUV in place of the Beetle ...More
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... ith other central banks across the globe. He also expects a review from the US Financial Stability Oversight Council, a panel of regulators charged with identifying broad risks to the financial syste ...More
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... et the US central bank’s 2 percent annual target and to combat a pervasive pessimism among corporations that they see holding back business investment. Lower rates could “cushion the effects” of shock ...More
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... t and the central authorities that are seen as eroding Hong Kong autonomy and the freedoms guaranteed under the "one country, two systems" principle. Protesters say these media outlets, which are gran ...More
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... l city of central Hubei province, took to the streets to protest against a waste incinerator being planned in the Xinzhou district. Police reportedly arrested hundreds of protesters and dispatched arm ...More
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... s through central allocation, the overall satisfaction rate stood at 87 percent. As for the students who were offered their first choice of schools, the satisfaction rate was 74 percent. However, both ...More
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... y China’s central government. Lam’s resignation would require Beijing’s approval, experts say. China has called the protests an “undisguised challenge” to the “one country, two systems” model under wh ...More
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... wn as the Central Policy Unit, is also exchanging views with members of different social classes and sectors in an effort to understand the public pulse. Now will these efforts to “reconnect” with soc ...More
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... ks to the Central Leading Group for Inspection Work, which has been in Shanghai since June, for following up on the case. Otherwise, the scandal could have been covered up. Now, if Shanghai had suffic ...More
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