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First in first out?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... pressures with more firms reported funding shortages and falling demand than in February -- reasons why the People's Bank of China (PBOC) and central command are not letting their guards down. The PBOC just recently cut its 7-day repo rate by 20 bps ...

Chief economist update: What happens in China...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... memory serves me right, in early February. This is at the same time that the Chinese government and the People's Bank of China (PBOC) were rolling out stimulus measures - what other fiscal and money authorities are implementing now. While it didn't ...

Chief economist update: The corona crash of 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... Bank of Japan (BOJ) is expected to follow its brethren when its Board meets next. Then there's the People's Bank of China and the politburo which had been providing stimulus measures even before the coronavirus became a pandemic. However, the ...

China vaccinates against corona

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... from the government's drastic action at quarantining cities and regions infected by the virus, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) cut its benchmark one-year loan prime rate (LPR) by 10 basis points to 4.05% and the five-year rate from 4.8% to ...

Bonds not out of the game

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
Bond managers appear to be taking a more active approach to investing in the current low-volatility environment, according to Bank of China's head of fixed income Mark Todd. Looking into the performance of the major bond funds form the last 12 months ...

Chief economist update:China prepares anti-viral injection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... surprisingly, markets are bracing for a big fall in China's stock market when it opens today. But the People's Bank of China (PBOC) is on top of this. Reuters reports that China's central bank said it will inject 1.2 trillion yuan ($174 billion) ...

Melbourne boutique adds to team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... boutique's compliance and risk framework and has worked at Lion Global Investors Limited, ConocoPhillips Asia Ventures, Bank of China and CIMB Bank Berhad. She will be based in Singapore. JCB's deputy chief investment officer Kate Samranvedhya ...

Chief economist update: Happy New Year rat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... packages should underpin continued stabilisation in the Chinese economy. Recall that on November 18, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) cut its 7-day reverse repo rate from 2.55% to 2.50% - the first rate reduction in four years (October 2015). This ...

China's growth to slow: PIMCO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
... policy to provide a partial cushion to growth, and projects a fiscal "thrust" of around 1% of GDP. "The People's Bank of China is effectively on hold in an effort to anchor inflation expectations over the cyclical horizon, although it is possible to ...

Chief economist update: War is over

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
... fertilised and watered by government and central bank stimulus packages. Recall that on November 18, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) cut its seven-day reverse repo rate from 2.55% to 2.50% - the first rate reduction in four years (October 2015). ...