... g costs. Federal Reserve forecasts pointing to four interest rate hikes in 2016 are beyond what the market expected. The US economy, high-yield credit and equity markets would face huge downside risk ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-30
... th as the Federal Reserve raised borrowing costs for the first time in a decade, Bloomberg reports. Prospects of faster economic growth and robust remittances from overseas workers will support the So ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-30
... by the US Federal Trade Commission and agencies in South Korea and Taiwan. European authorities are investigating issues related to chip sales. The company has said it is cooperating with the investi ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-30
... to notify federal authorities of any detected "terrorist activity". Tuesday's announcement did not disclose changes to Twitter's enforcement strategy. The new rules, meanwhile, also say that Twitter m ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-30
We're breaking down 2015 into 14 major financial events. 1. Global equity market turmoil The global equity market caught the year's last upswing after the Federal Reserve ended monetary easing. The ma ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-29
... d Russian Federal Space Agency (FKA) which charged him US$20 million for the ride. Tito famously predicted that future travelers to space may only need to spend 5 percent of the amount that he had spl ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-29
... after the Federal Reserve committed to a gradual pace of tightening, Bloomberg said. The currency will appreciate about 5 percent to US$1.05 per euro by the third quarter of 2016, according to a Bloom ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-29
... s for the Federal Circuit on Monday reversed an earlier court ruling against Cisco that asked the tech giant to pay nearly US$64 million in damages to Commil, Reuters reported. The appeals court deter ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-29
... y, the US Federal Reserve finally announced the long-awaited interest rate rise, ending nearly a decade of zero interest rates. Although the rate increase may exert some downward pressure on the marke ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-25
... Since the Federal Reserve announced the interest rate liftoff last week, world currencies have weakened. The won has lost nearly 7.7 percent against the US dollar this year and 5.3 percent against the ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-25
While the US Federal Reserve's interest rate hike is within market expectation, in terms of scale and timing, the policy decisions by the European and Japanese central banks are somewhat surprising, g ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-24
Democratic US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders lambasted the US Federal Reserve as an institution that has been "hijacked by the very bankers it regulates" and called for a ban on bank executives ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-24
... After the Federal Reserve removed the uncertainty over interest rates, the renminbi's exchange rate also stabilized, and the A-share market regained some vibrancy. The market is now more optimistic, ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-22
Several studies have shown that every time the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates, the stock market benefited from it. But few studies dealt on how an interest rate hike affects the transaction ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-21
... ed by any federal or state government agency regarding an investigation. Lyft and Uber, which are both based in San Francisco, compete fiercely for drivers and customers. Uber learnt last year that so ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-21
Now that the US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates for the first time in nine years, investors want to know how this tightening cycle might proceed and, more importantly, how markets will react ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-18
Finally, the US Federal Reserve announced a 25 basis point interest rate hike. With the uncertainty eliminated, global stock markets rebounded, and so did the A-share market. The Shanghai Composite In ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-18
... of the US Federal Reserve – fostering maximum employment and price stability. November’s unemployment rate has dropped to 5 percent while the consumer price index has also booked a modest rise of 2 pe ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-18
While the government's pledge earlier this year to increase the supply of new residential units has been expected to ease home prices, the US Federal Reserve's interest rate hike this week could be an ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-18
... ed by the Federal Reserve on the US economy and first published in 2012. The world’s second largest economy lacks the kind of comprehensive data available on developed nations, making it harder for in ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-18
