... existing reserve rate ratio regime for lenders in the mainland, meanwhile, should be abolished in phases, Yam said in a research paper. The city's de facto central bank had said earlier that it hopes ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-18
... e Federal Reserve tapering in the United States, said Jerry Schiff, deputy director at the Asia-Pacific department of the International Monetary Fund and mission chief for Japan. Meanwhile, Japanese f ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-17
Overseas banks face tighter capital requirements in the United States when the Federal Reserve announces new rules that will increase the cost of doing business in the country, Shanghai Daily reported ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-17
Hong Kong stocks took a breather Thursday as investors stepped back ahead of congressional testimony by United States Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen and Friday's release of China's inflation data. ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-13
... S Federal Reserve chairwoman Jane Yellen made it clear in a Congress committee hearing that the central bank is in no rush to raise interest rates. Her appearance showed she is not just sticking relig ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-13
... w Federal Reserve chairman, said the United States central bank will not raise interest rates in the near future. Wharf Holdings (00004.HK) closed 4.7 percent higher, New World Development (00017.HK), ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-12
... S Federal Reserve and the Bank of England have set their respective referencing rates on unemployment at 6.5 percent and 7 percent for any upward adjustment in interest rates. Such guidance is intende ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-10
... ts to the reserve requirement ratio, relending and rediscounting. The central bank also pledged to improve communication with the market and the public to stabilize expectations and interest rates. It ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-10
... sting the reserve requirement ratio, relending and rediscounting will be adopted to manage liquidity in the banking system. The central bank also pledged to enhance its communication with the market a ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-10
... e Federal Reserve would taper its massive bond-buying program, the technical trend of this so-called market breadth has turned worse. Despite subsequent new highs in the S&P 500 Index in the seven ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-06
... S Federal Reserve's decision to wind back its asset-buying program. The HKEJ's investor diary looks at how the Fed tapering might play out. Global stock markets have turned upside down over the pa ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-05
... w Federal Reserve chairwoman Jane Yellen. In China, the risk of shadow banking will continue to haunt the minds of investors as bolder reforms are in the pipeline in 2014. For emerging economies, thei ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-05
... e Western Reserve University School of Law, have also noted that China procrastinates in the implementation of WTO decisions. However, Webster told a hearing of the Congressional-Executive Commission ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-04
As financial markets brace for the US Federal Reserve's tapering this year with an expectation that interest rates will eventually rise to keep the inflation genie in the bottle, the risk of deflation ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-04
... e Federal Reserve's plan last summer that it will soon taper its bond purchases, putting an end to the use of quantitative easing measures. As data at UBS A.G. showed, global emerging market funds hav ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-29
... e Federal Reserve will step up efforts to taper off its bond buying scheme, which could drive funds out of emerging markets, analysts said after the city experienced a panic sell-off on Monday. The be ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-28
Hong Kong stocks fell sharply on Monday following steep losses on Wall Street last Friday, with investors worried that the US Federal Reserve may cut its bond-buying program further and reduce the flo ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-27
... e Federal Reserve's exit from its debt purchase plan, Jiang said at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Saturday. Global investors still have mixed views on the pace of recovery of majo ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-27
... S Federal Reserve tapering but global market volatility might trigger capital outflows, Guan said. The foreign exchange settlement surplus in 2013 soared 210 percent from the previous year to 1.68 tri ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-24
... s Federal Reserve could trim its bond-buying program by another US$10 billion as soon as next week. HK Electric, an investment trust carved out from Hong Kong-listed Power Assets Holdings Ltd., sold 4 ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-22
