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Reflation narrative lacks substance: MFS

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
... that clearly impacted the Chinese economy, and what they did in response was create that narrative. That period in US Treasury terms, pre-Trump, was a Chinese-driven reflation," he said. Adams also argued that the growth "spike" that occurred following ...

O Canada

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... could understand or even China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Germany or Switzerland - for these are the countries the US Treasury Department (in its recent semi-annual report) placed on a "currency manipulators' watch list. But Canada -- One of America's ...

Wednesday delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
... before the joint-session of Congress, where he, hopefully, will deliver the details of his reflationary policies. US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has hinted that POTUS will talk about his tax-reform plan - corporate and personal income tax reform. ...

Don't follow consensus: Baur

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... some significance, maybe 30% or more, likely after mid-year or maybe early next. The key will be the level of 10-year US Treasury yields - we think somewhere between three and 3.5% on treasury bonds. And the signal for US rates to the next step upward ...

Trump's helping hand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
... desperately to achieve since Bush junior was still president. Sure losses are being made in the bond market - 10-year US Treasury yields closed at 2.35% last week (the highest in 12 months) from 1.86% pre-Trump -- as inflation expectations climb but ...

Trump bigger than Brexit

ALEX BURKE, DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... major indices flipped positive in early trading Wednesday after Trump's conciliatory acceptance speech. Meanwhile, US Treasury yields were higher with a steeper curve, and the dollar was little changed versus most of its currency rivals. Not bigger than ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
... infrastructure investment by about 11%, or A$477 billion a year. Chinese own only 4% of US govt debt Chinese holdings of US Treasury bonds has fallen A$1.7 trillion or about 30% of the A$5.3 trillion in US government bonds owned by foreign countries. ...

Returning Fed hike expectations could be flattened by yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
... of Fed rate hike expectations - underscored by the renewed strength in the US dollar and the rise in the two-year US Treasury note yield. Fed-funds futures now indicates a 24% likelihood of a rate increase by December from 19% prior to the release of ...

Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... negative interest rates. Tis the reason for China starting to guide the yuan lower (again). Tis the reason behind the US Treasury complaining about the "the [Australian] authorities' public statements on the desired direction of the exchange rate" back ...

Down, down prices are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... so for the Reserve Bank of Australia. Cast your minds a month and a bit back. On 22 March, SBS reported that, "The US Treasury has aired a complaint that the Reserve Bank of Australia's discussion of the Australian dollar could be out of line". "The ...