... been hit by the triple whammy of Brexit, COVID-19, and BoJo’s shambolic leadership. After several arduous years of blunder after gaffe, scandal after lie, BoJo’s departure connotes the end of an era ...More
EJ Insight2022-07-14
... been hit by extended lockdowns, restrictions on transport across the country and breakdowns in the supply chain. Workers, especially those coming from outside provinces, have been unable to return to ...More
EJ Insight2022-07-14
... l markets by comparison have averaged 991 days. Thirdly, S&P 500 has lost 36% on average in a bear market since 1948. By contrast, S&P 500 has gained 114% on average during a bull market. Last ...More
EJ Insight2022-07-14
Is today’s energy crisis as serious as similar previous ones – particularly the 1970s oil shocks? That question is being asked around the world, with consumers hit by high prices, businesses worried a ...More
EJ Insight2022-07-14
... been hit by extended lockdowns, restrictions on transp ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightMark O’Neill2022年07月14日
... es action by policymakers to trigger a decline. Consider the 1985 Plaza Accord, whereby France, West Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States agreed to intervene in currency markets t ...More
EJ Insight2022-07-13
... d leakage by channeling transfers directly to their beneficiaries’ mobile phones. Millions of people in developing countries received payments in this way during the pandemic, helping to cushion the i ...More
EJ Insight2022-07-13
... re guided by these elements, to ensure compliance. Confidentiality In this context, confidentiality refers to a set of rules that limits access to information. Once organisations receive personal data ...More
EJ Insight2022-07-12
... bombarded by negative news with the death toll hitting new highs every day, their emotions are inevitably overwhelmed. The 24-hour emotional support hotline of the Samaritan Befrienders Hong Kong has ...More
EJ Insight2022-07-12
... followed by a recovery of y% in z days. Market commentators use formulas such as these to ease clients’ mental anguish and imply that better days are ahead. Better days are ahead. However, they can t ...More
EJ Insight2022-07-11
... preciated by about 10% against the dollar. “Britain’s currency is getting slaughtered on international markets,” we are told. Of the five currencies underlying the International Monetary Fund’s reserv ...More
EJ Insight2022-07-11
... rs. Punch by beating her with a stick until a policeman whacked him into obedience. The script was constructed around the key phrase “that’s the way to do it” which the characters took it in turns to ...More
EJ Insight2022-07-11
... l mistake by agreeing to surrender its nuclear arsenal (once the world’s third largest). Are they right? In the early 1960s, US President John F. Kennedy predicted that at least 25 states would have n ...More
EJ Insight2022-07-11
... affected by appearances, as well as realities. 國家的信貸聲譽 ...全文
... dethroned by new forms of digital money. Yet the Cambrian explosion in cryptocurrencies, blockchain-based transactions, and fintech should be seen as more of an opportunity than a threat. Right now, a ...More
EJ Insight2022-07-08
... example, by embarking on energy and food revolutions, will also be disruptive. The energy system is the foundation of industrialized economies, and it needs to be overhauled to phase out fossil fuels ...More
EJ Insight2022-07-08
... 數碼平台Pulse by Prudential正正提供網上人壽及醫療保險計劃（例如香港的「Cancer No ...全文
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