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Central bank Olympics - the race is on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... before the opening ceremony of "Rio 2016" on the 3rd of August. Perhaps it was much too early but the European Central Bank (ECB) opted not to start running when at its governing council meeting on 21 July, it left monetary policy unchanged - refinancing ...

US becomes post-Brexit equity safe haven

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
... the research said immediate negative economic effects could be mitigated by policy response from the Bank of England and the ECB, European equities will face a de-rating in equity multiples due to the higher risk premium caused by the above uncertainties. ...

Negative interest rates drive spike in safe sales

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
... penny a year in interest, which would get wiped out by the fee for a single ATM withdrawal on weekends. In Europe, where the ECB has imposed negative interest rates for even longer, even the banks are considering stepping up their abilities to hold physical ...

Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... because the benefits from trade will ultimately flow through to the entire economy. Tis the raison d'etre for the latest BOJ and ECB QEs and negative interest rates. Tis the reason for China starting to guide the yuan lower (again). Tis the reason behind ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... country's trade balance was due to the combined effects of a 1.0% increase in exports over the month and a 1.0% fall in imports. ECB on hold The European Central Bank (ECB) announced no change in monetary policy settings - repo rate at 0%; deposit rate ...

Minutes to disaster

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
... would be a positive for central banks trying to boost their economies or inflation or both such as the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan (BOJ). It would be disastrous for emerging markets - particularly for those with debts denominated ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... in Shanghai increased by 28.0% year-on-year last month while those in Beijing rose by 18.3%. Eurozone inflation After the ECB governing council met and kept policy unchanged last month, ECB president Mario Draghi remarked that the current policy is working ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... healthy labour market. Euro industrial production Not producing. This might as well refer to the European Central Bank's (ECB) QE and negative interest rate policy. But the story here is the disappointing euro industrial production result. Industrial ...

RBA envy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... meeting and surprise rate cut announcement). It could be said once again, that the RBA has done what the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) - with their quantitative easing and negative interest rates -- could only aspire to... a ...

May sell may go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... when it was widely expected to announce more largesse. Instead, we got BOJ governor Haruhiko Kuroda doing an impression of ECB president Mario Draghi. "There's absolutely no change to our stance of aiming to achieve two percent inflation at the earliest ...