The market reaction to the Brexit shock has been mild compared with two other recent episodes of global financial volatility -- the summer of 2015 (after fears of a Chinese hard landing) and the first ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-02
The United Kingdom’s narrow vote to leave the European Union had specific British causes. And yet, it is also the proverbial canary in the coalmine, signaling a broad populist/nationalist backlash -- ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-05
Since the global financial crisis erupted in 2008, productivity growth in three advanced economies -- the United States, Europe, and Japan -- has been very slow both in absolute terms and relative to ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-06
The International Monetary Fund and others have recently revised downward their forecasts for global growth -- yet again. Little wonder: The world economy has few bright spots and many that are dimmin ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-03
The question I am asked most often nowadays is this: Are we back to 2008 and another global financial crisis and recession? My answer is a straightforward no, but that the recent episode of global fin ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-07
今年以來,全球經濟面臨了一系列新的嚴重金融市場波動,表現為股票和其他風險資產價格劇烈下跌。多重因素在起作用:擔 ...全文
名家論壇Project Syndicate2016年03月07日
1月7日,周四。A股再次兩度觸發熔斷機制,開市不足半小時便提前「收工」,實際交易時間僅14分鐘。勢估唔到,正在 ...全文
At the cusp of the new year, we face a world in which geopolitical and geo-economic risks are multiplying. Most of the Middle East is ablaze, stoking speculation that a long Sunni-Shi'ite war (like Eu ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-05
This is shaping up to be another banner year for art. Sales in the global art market hit a record €51 billion (HK$427 billion), according to this year's European Fine Art Foundation Art Market Report. ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-18
Even in normal times, individual and institutional investors alike have a hard time figuring out where to invest and in what. Should one invest more in advanced or emerging economies? And which ones? ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-28
The prospect that the US Federal Reserve will start exiting zero policy rates later this year has fueled a growing fear of renewed volatility in emerging economies’ currency, bond and stock markets. T ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-30
A paradox has emerged in the financial markets of the advanced economies since the 2008 global financial crisis. Unconventional monetary policies have created a massive overhang of liquidity. But a se ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-01
In a world of weak domestic demand in many advanced economies and emerging markets, policymakers have been tempted to boost economic growth and employment by going for export led-growth. This requires ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-04
The latest economic data from the eurozone suggest that recovery may be at hand. What is driving the upturn? What obstacles does it face? And what can be done to sustain it? The immediate causes of re ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-02