Alan Greenspan's consistent injection of liquidity to rescue falling US stock markets when he was chairman of the US Federal Reserve came to be known as the "Greenspan put". Taking a leaf out of Green ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-14
... xt year's federal election. "The result will increase the noise within the CDU and constrain the government's options on migrants and Greece, but Merkel's chancellorship is not at risk," said Carsten ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-14
... of the US Federal Reserve's interest rate liftoff. The local market closed lower last year. In addition, plunging prices of various commodities, like oil, gas, coal, palm oil and rubber, have caused a ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-12
... time, the Federal Reserve kept pumping money into the financial system and kept interest rates near zero. Sovereign debt China’s sovereign debt accounts for 43.5 percent of GDP, behind Japan’s 85 perc ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-12
Tighter federal background checks on gun buyers and traceable firearms could sharply reduce gun deaths in the US, according to a study. Boston University researchers say some state gun laws have littl ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-11
... at the US Federal Reserve will view growth as a reason to continue raising interest rates, creating huge problems for emerging economies. There are other explanations for volatility besides fear, of c ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-11
... cash? The Federal Reserve pointed out in a study in 2010 that holding cash also has its cost, about 0.36 percent a year. If the interest rate remains in a range of 0 to negative 0.35 percent, deposito ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-10
... Canadian federal election. Led by Justin Trudeau, who later became the Prime Minister, Canada's Liberal Party beat its two major rivals, Conservative Party and the New Democratic Party, and grabbed m ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-09
... after the Federal Bureau of Investigation's 2013 seizure of Silk Road, where drugs and other items could be bought using the digital currency bitcoin. Prosecutors said that in December 2014, Le, going ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-09
... y. The US Federal Reserve may not raise interest rates as much or as fast as previously feared, property consultant Colliers noted in a report. Even if the US economy accelerates, other countries coul ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-07
... isis, the Federal Reserve “taper tantrum”, a possible Greek exit from the eurozone, and a hard economic landing in China – that have fueled volatility in recent years. First, worries about a hard land ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-07
... ether the Federal Reserve would follow the five central banks in lowering interest rates to curb deflation. However, it seems negative interest rate remains an option for the United States as recent e ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-04
... en the US Federal Bureau of Investigation obtained a court order requiring the consumer electronics giant to write new software and take other measures to disable passcode protection and allow access ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-04
... breaking federal antitrust laws, police said. The US Department of Justice announced Tuesday that McClendon, 56, had been indicted for allegedly colluding to rig bids for oil and gas acreage while h ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-03
Digital privacy advocates have called on a US federal judge to approve Apple Inc.'s request not to be compelled to build software to help the FBI unlock an iPhone used by one of the shooters in the Sa ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-03
... ct the US Federal Reserve to slow its pace of interest rate rises but the risk appetite of global investors may increase, relieving pressure on assets in emerging markets. As funds flow back to emergi ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-02
... ng the US Federal Reserve. Meanwhile, central banks in Japan and Europe are further expanding their monetary easing measures. What does the divergent stance of central banks mean? 4. How do you expect ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-01
... a former Federal Reserve official who’s now a partner at Cornerstone Macro LLC in Washington, said in a note that the action probably isn’t a “net monetary easing” because it replaces temporary cash ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-01
... e, the US Federal Reserve's hesitation in hiking interest rates has also affected market confidence. The market initially expected the Fed liftoff in June last year. However, the Fed postponed the rat ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-27
... tion. The Federal Reserve said it once considered a negative interest rate, a signal that the US central bank might adopt the strategy if the economy slips into recession. That would make things even ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-26
