Though the unemployment rate and jobless claims are currently lower than at any point since 1969, the US economy is still facing labor-market challenges that cannot be ignored. One stands out: the lon ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-08
Manufacturers in Hong Kong have been on pins and needles since US President Donald Trump threatened on Sunday to further hike US tariffs on Chinese goods. “The Trade Deal with China continues, but too ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-07
The United States is deploying a carrier strike group and bombers to the Middle East in response to troubling “indications and warnings” from Iran and to show that Washington will retaliate with “unre ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-07
China backtracked on substantial commitments it had made during trade talks with the United States, prompting US President Donald Trump to impose additional tariffs on Chinese goods slated to go into ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-07
上周美國聯儲局議息，一如市場預期，保持聯邦基金利率不變，但把給予金融機構的超額準備金利率下調0.05厘。換句話 ...全文
China’s central bank said on Monday it will cut reserve requirement ratios (RRRs) to release about 280 billion yuan (US$41 billion) for some small and medium-sized banks, in a targeted move to support ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-06
US trade officials rejected Tesla Inc.’s bid for relief from President Donald Trump’s 25 percent tariffs on the Chinese-made Autopilot “brain” of its Model 3 and other electric vehicles, one of more t ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-06
US President Donald Trump dramatically increased pressure on China to reach a trade deal by announcing on Sunday he would hike US tariffs on US$200 billion worth of Chinese goods this week and target ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-06
Will a possibly imminent US-China trade agreement exacerbate global business cycles or even plant the seeds of the next Asian financial crisis? If the eventual agreement – assuming there is one – forc ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-06
North Korea has conducted a “strike drill” for multiple launchers, firing tactical guided weapons into the East Sea in a military drill supervised by leader Kim Jong-un on Saturday, the North’s state ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-06
美國聯邦儲備局旗下的聯邦公開市場委員會（FOMC），本周議息時以10票對0票一致通過維持基準利率不變。這個結果 ...全文
Our officials have been unable to boost the city’s economy or address key issues such as the housing shortage because most of them do not have a business background. As a result, Asia's world city has ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-03
Last week, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Vladivostok, Russia, the first-ever summit between the two. As expected, the denuclearization on the Korean Peni ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-02
The US Federal Reserve held interest rates steady and signaled little appetite to adjust them any time soon, taking heart in continued job gains and economic growth and the likelihood that weak inflat ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-02
US President Donald Trump said last week that his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will be coming to the White House soon, fueling talk that the two sides may wrap up a long-awaited trade deal. Meanwhil ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-30
