The 18th CPC Central Committee will hold its fifth plenary Session at the end of this month. The meeting is likely to cut the economic growth target to 6.5 percent for the 13th Five-Pear Plan period f ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-24
China recorded the weakest GDP growth rate (6.9 percent year on year) since the global financial crisis for the third quarter of this year, fueling concerns about economic hard-landing and sending sho ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-22
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今日信報理財投資前沿思考John Mauldin2015年10月22日
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is offering incentives to Turkey in exchange for its cooperation in a European Union effort to stem a wave of migrants displaced by fighting in Syria. These include pre ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-19
We’ve seen several worrying signs regarding global economic growth as we enter the last quarter of 2015. First, capital flows are changing. Money is expected to flee from emerging economies, as the li ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-17
A Hong Kong couple is seeking a bone marrow donor for their three-year-old daughter who suffers from a rare blood disease. Neither the couple, surnamed Au, nor their younger daughter is a suitable mat ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-12
I’ve noted earlier that the US Federal Reserve should have announced the liftoff in its meeting on Sept. 17. That should have removed the uncertainties relating to the rate hike and probably helped th ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-03
The average life expectancy has kept rising over the last decade thanks to fast developments in healthcare and technology. Currently, Hong Kong has the world's longest-living women. However, many peop ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-26
If not for extreme leftist Cheng Yiu-tong, retired mainland official Chen Zuo’er might have gone unnoticed when he weighed in on Hong Kong's declining competitiveness. Last week, Chen told a forum in ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-24
The US Federal Reserve kept its policy interest rate unchanged last week, which is in line with my expectation. This week the market is closely watching the meeting between Chinese leader Xi Jinping a ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-22
Foreign capital continues to flee China after the recent turmoil in its stock and currency markets despite Beijing’s aggressive rescue efforts. Hong Kong and China funds reported outflows of HK$11.6 ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-19
A top Chinese securities regulator, who played a major role in recent efforts to stabilize the stock market, has been placed under investigation. The Communist Party’s Central Commission for Disciplin ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-17
China’s foreign exchange reserves have kept sliding since mid-2014, after deducting the foreign trade surplus. In addition, the country has witnessed a continuous net outflow of capital since the thi ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-10
The three mainland Chinese securities exchanges intend to introduce a “circuit breaker” mechanism. Draft regulations provide for trading to be suspended for 30 minutes when the CSI Index rises or fal ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-09
China's slowing growth and yuan devaluation have caused ripples across the world. Foreign investors now believe Beijing needs more time to restructure the economy. Amid the uncertainties, there has b ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-08
China's current economic woes have largely been viewed through a single lens: the government’s failure to let the market operate. But that perspective has led foreign observers to misinterpret some of ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-07
China's central bank made a double-barrelled move to boost market liquidity last week. It came as a US economic rebound remained mixed. Improvements in the labor market and a modest recovery in the h ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-31
Singapore voters will give Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong a report card at the Sept. 11 election on his government's economic policies. Lee will find out if he’s done enough to stem a decline in suppo ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-31
Soldier-turned-tycoon Nguyen Huu Duong is a fierce patriot still fighting to protect his country, four decades after battling US forces in the Vietnam War, Reuters reported. The construction mogul has ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-31