Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 991 - 1000 of 3619 results for "Interest Rates"

Chief economist update: Boom in the USA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
... the core PCE price index - remained steady at 1.9% in the June quarter. Although it's not expected to move on interest rates at its 31 July-1 August meeting, the latest growth figures give the US Federal Reserve the green light if it decides to do ...

Chief economist update: ECB on track for exit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
... that big question mark on the first rate hike in the current cycle: "The Governing Council expects the key ECB interest rates to remain at their present levels at least through the summer of 2019, and in any case for as long as necessary to ensure the ...

Chief economist update: Inflation genie still inside the box

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... rather than down." But with the Australian labour market strengthening, the least harm would be for continued steady interest rates. This is affirmed by Lowe's words at the central bankers' conference in Sintra, Portugal: "I remain confident ...

Chief economist update: BOJ to stop throwing good money after bad?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... speculation that it would tweak its yield-curve control programme to allow for a more natural rise in long-term interest rates to alleviate the reduced profitability/losses among Japanese banks due to close to zero long term rates. That might be but ...

Chief economist update: A pretty picture of the labour market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
... unsurprisingly triggered a little bit of RBA rate hike speculations. But hold your horses! Before the RBA raises interest rates, it has to be certain that inflation would rise and be sustained at its 2%-3% target. For this to happen, wages growth has ...

Chief economist update: What goes around is starting to get around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... into overall inflation in the economy - should give the Fed some breathing space as it proceeds with normalising interest rates. Then again, maybe not. The CPI inflation report released overnight showed that upward pressure on consumer prices is gaining ...

Chief economist update: The Goldilocks rate of interest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
... discarded into the trash bin of history," in light of tepid GDP growth in the years after 2009. Gross believed low interest rates were not the cure for decreased growth, but the source of the problem." Perhaps the Taylor Rule's 2% fed funds rate ...

Chief economist update: Weak wages a puzzle, could become a problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
... into overall inflation in the economy - should give the Fed some breathing space as it proceeds with normalising interest rates. Then again, maybe not. The CPI inflation report released overnight showed that upward pressure on consumer prices is gaining ...

EU to offer cross-border pension scheme

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
... said. More investment into capital markets can therefore help meet challenges posed by population ageing and low interest rates. The product, the EU said, was proposed in response to the fragmented nature of the European pension system - concentrated ...

Chief economist update: Australian dollar loss is economy's gain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
... commodity prices; it's because of widening interest rate premiums (in the case against the US) and narrowing interest rates differentials - the ECB, BOJ and BOE are expected to normalise interest rates while the RBA continues to sit on current interest ...