Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday the government would impose a lockdown across the nation of 1.3 billion people from midnight for 21 days to stem the spread of the coronavirus. “The ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-25
The US Federal Reserve rolled out an extraordinary array of programs to backstop an economy reeling from the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, Reuters reports. For the first time, the Fed will back ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-24
Nearly one in three Americans was under orders on Sunday to stay home to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic as Ohio, Louisiana and Delaware became the latest states to enact broad restriction ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-23
US stocks deepened their selloff on Wednesday and the Dow erased virtually the last of its gains since President Donald Trump’s 2017 inauguration, as the widening repercussions of the coronavirus pand ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-19
The European Central Bank (ECB) launched a 750 billion euro (US$820 billion) emergency bond purchase scheme after an unscheduled meeting on Wednesday, aiming to stem a spiraling economic and financial ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-19
The Trump administration pursued a US$1 trillion stimulus package to buttress an economy hit by coronavirus fears that could deliver US$1,000 checks to Americans within two weeks, Reuters reports. Wit ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-18
The Covid-19 pandemic has triggered panic-selling in stock markets around the world. In the United States, the Federal Reserve intervened and slashed interest rates by half a percentage point last wee ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-13
All of Italy under lockdown, reeling financial markets and rioting prisoners made clear how the global coronavirus epidemic was extending its reach into all aspects of social and economic life. Major ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-10
Bearing the theme "Riding Out the Crisis Together", the recent budget unveiled by Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po was, on the whole, a step in the right direction. However, there are two things th ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-06
The new coronavirus appears to now be spreading much more rapidly outside China than within, and airports in hard-hit countries were ramping up screening of travelers. World Health Organization (WHO) ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-03
Turkey, faced with a possible new wave of Syrian migrants and dozens more dead Turkish soldiers in Idlib, will no longer stop Syrian refugees from reaching Europe, Reuters reports, citing a senior Tur ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-28
政府公布2020/21年度《財政預算案》。面對反修例運動、新型冠狀病毒肺炎疫情的雙重影響，預算案以「與民共渡時 ...全文
