What are the factors that cause inflation? A standard approach to analyse inflation is to use the famous “Quantity Theory of Money” shown below. it is originally formulated by Polish mathematician Nicolaus Copernicus in 1517 and later popularized by economists Milton Friedman and Anna Schwartz. MV = Py M = Money Supply V = VelocityContinue reading “Quantity Theory of Money: causes of inflation and its implications on monetary policies”
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Introduction of useful indicators – Consumer Price Index compiled by C&SD
What is Inflation? The term Inflation is used to denote an ongoing rise in the general level of price quoted in units of money. The magnitude of inflation is the inflation rate, which is usually calculated by measuring the annualized changes in the price level of a basket of goods and services — Consumer PriceContinue reading “Introduction of useful indicators – Consumer Price Index compiled by C&SD”
Introduction of useful indicators : Doing Business Project from World Bank
What is the Doing Business project about? The Doing Business project from the World Bank provides objective and quantitative measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 190 economies and selected cities at the subnational and regional levels, which serves as an important indicator for multinational companies when choosing potential economies to expand their businesses.Continue reading “Introduction of useful indicators : Doing Business Project from World Bank”
Understanding common errors in surveys and statistical reports
Understanding common errors in surveys and statistical reports Errors extensively exist in most of the survey results, whose sources vary from nonresponse error, measurement error, framing error, etc. When reading statistics from a survey, we need to recognize all sorts of potential errors behind it, in order to avoid being misled. What is even betterContinue reading “Understanding common errors in surveys and statistical reports”
Cautionary remarks for the statistics of Regional Headquarters, Regional Offices and Local Offices by C&SD
Cautionary remarks of interpreting the survey results There are a few cautionary remarks worth paying attention to when reading the number of Regional Headquarters(RHQs) /Regional Offices(ROs)/Local Offices(LOs) in the report of “Annual survey of companies in Hong Kong with Parent Companies Located outside Hong Kong” ( called the Survey hereafter), published by Census and StatisticsContinue reading “Cautionary remarks for the statistics of Regional Headquarters, Regional Offices and Local Offices by C&SD”
The development of regional headquarters in Hong Kong in recent decades
Executive summary: The number of RHQs in Hong Kong grew steadily in the long run, despite dropping for two consecutive years in 2020 and 2021. The number of RHQs from mainland China rose exceptionally in recent years, narrowing the share gap with the US, the head in the list. Over half of RHQs engaged inContinue reading “The development of regional headquarters in Hong Kong in recent decades”
Private International Law
In international trade, conflicts arise because of different systems of commercial law in various countries, which leads to the so-called conflict of laws. For example, when dealing with a trade dispute, each country’s judicial system works on different principles. Which country’s law should be applied? This, in turn, is another issue of the application ofContinue reading “Private International Law”