... pplies in central London, humans have understood that polluted water is bad for our health. The degradation of freshwater ecosystems often brings disease, just as the protection or strengthening of su ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-19
Bitcoin's price slumped 15 percent within one hour on Tuesday, after Reuters reported that China’s central bank vice governor Pan Gongsheng said in an internal meeting that authorities should ban cent ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-18
... the Irish Central Statistics Office introduced a modified version of GNI (known as GNI*) for 2016. The gap between GDP and GNI will likely close soon in other jurisdictions, too. In a recent working p ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-18
... et to the central bank's target by the end of the current economic cycle, the Fed will have a hard time fighting the next recession, Evans warned. Their divide reflects the debate that will continue t ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-18
... r Chinese central banker said authorities should ban centralized trading of virtual currencies as well as individuals and businesses that provide related services. While many observers say the recent ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-18
... Germany’s central bank as saying. National authorities across the globe, and particularly in Asia, have attempted to put the brakes on a global boom in the trading of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencie ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-16
... from the central government. Addressing a ceremony marking the opening of the new headquarters and the third anniversary of the youth group Hong Kong Army Cadets Association on Sunday, Wang said he ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-15
... set up a central coordinating body to run our child and adolescent mental health services and refer each individual case to the appropriate service. Meanwhile, in face of the rising number of cases o ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-15
... ing China Central Television (CCTV). The state broadcaster showed video of a tower of billowing black smoke that it said reached as high as 1,000 meters, and flames on the surface of the water. The sh ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-15
Hongkongers are generally busy people who consume food high in sugar and fat. Those who don't do regular exercise can easily become obese, especially in the central part of the body. For these people, ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-12
... or of the Central Policy Unit Shiu Sin-por, in the 1980s senior barrister Denis Chang Khen-lee once put forward the so-called "four-corner principle", under which he proposed, from a common law perspe ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-12
... her major central banks, particularly the People’s Bank of China, the European Central Bank, and the Bank of Japan, might reverse their exceptionally loose monetary policies. To be sure, if the global ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-12
... m China’s central bank showed. That marked a turnaround after China burnt through nearly US$320 billion in 2016 to defend the yuan, which fell 6.5 percent against the surging dollar. The yuan gained a ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-12
... that the central government’s Liaison Office had interfered in his work a lot, Apple Daily reports. Guesting at an internet radio program hosted by former Democratic Party chairwoman Emily Lau Wai-hi ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-11
... igns that central banks are starting to step back after years of bond-buying stimulus, the report said. The report sent US Treasury yields to 10-month highs and sent the dollar lower. Economists cauti ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-11
... , China’s central bank, were to dial back its Treasuries holdings, there appear to be few options to replace them. Ten-year US Treasuries yields are more than 200 basis higher than those on comparable ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-11
... ll play a central role during our global expansion," a spokesman for the Beijing-based group told Swiss paper Handelszeitung, Reuters reports. Founded in Beijing in 2013, Bitmain is a leading bitcoin ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-11
... lience of central bank independence in the major economies. US President Donald Trump has not only largely spared the Federal Reserve the not-so-tender mercies of his wee-hour tweets; he has also nomi ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-09
