Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said the central government will maintain its policy towards Hong Kong, dismissing speculation that Beijing is set to tighten its control over the city follo ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-25
... rday, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said an investigation had determined that Xiang Junbo, former chairman of the China Insurance Regulatory Commission, had “committed seriou ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-25
The US Federal Reserve has revealed that it will begin shrinking its balance sheet from October. Meanwhile, expectations are building that the central bank will announce another rate hike within this ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-22
... tween the central authorities and the Hong Kong government to remain constructive "because a stable and prosperous Hong Kong advances China's reform agenda". And given its expectations that real GDP g ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-22
... will the central bank exactly proceed with the task and how will that affect asset prices? These are some of the questions that are passing through people's minds. I had said earlier that the Fed is ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-22
... 14 Occupy Central movement, and he sees integration of different parties as more important than each going its own way. More people should come forward to fight repression, he said, adding this is one ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-21
... rnet, the central authorities reportedly told its three largest telecommunication carriers to completely block access to these services by early next year. Knowing Beijing's determination to clamp dow ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-21
... rate, the central bank’s benchmark interest rate, to be in a range between 1.25 percent and 1.50 percent by the end of 2017, or 0.25 percentage points above the current level. US bond yields rose, pus ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-21
... 14 Occupy Central movement. Ho also said there is no other way to deal with those activists besides killing them all. In a joint statement, 22 pan-democratic lawmakers called him “cold-blooded” and as ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-20
... Tai Sin, Central and Western District, Southern District and Eastern District to the project, Chua said. The goal is to solicit 500 units to be shared by at least 1,000 families. There will be 34 uni ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-20
... em to the central system, people will be told whether they are likely to have diabetic eyes, and the seriousness. It is fast and convenient, and most importantly, non-invasive. From the long queue for ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-20
Next month, when finance ministers and central bank governors from more than 180 countries gather in Washington, DC, for the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, they ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-20
A major earthquake of magnitude 7.1 struck central Mexico on Tuesday, killing at least 60 people in several states, toppling buildings in the heavily populated capital and forcing thousands of people ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-20
... C Mall in Central was raided by two South Asians, leading to the loss of about 40 wristwatches. In a previous incident that took place in September last year, handbags and jewelry worth HK$2 million w ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-19
... es of the Central and Western District Council, where vacancies have arisen, will be held later this year. In an interview with the Hong Kong Economic Journal, Yiu said running for the seat in the Hon ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-19
... he Occupy Central campaign. Today, it's legislator Junius Ho who is leading efforts to punish the leaders of that civil disobedience movement. He is calling for the ouster of law professor Benny Tai f ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-19
... ully, the central government might offer some leeway to Hong Kong paper exporters, or at least grant certain quota to shippers from the territory. Taking heart from the Hong Kong government's pledge t ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-19
How dangerous is the end of quantitative easing (QE)? Some argue that central bank liquidity is strongly correlated with asset prices, so tapering (QT) will inevitably cause a sharp reverse. Such a si ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-19
... European Central Bank said last year it had decided to discontinue the 500-euro note because of concerns that it was being used too often for illicit activities including money laundering. A UBS spok ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-19
The euro has continued the upward trend that started with European Central Bank President Mario Draghi’s speech in Sintra, Portugal. Its momentum gained strength following the July ECB meeting, in whi ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-18
