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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
... increase in food prices. Falling consumer prices and expectations for continued negative inflation this year prompted the Monetary Authority of Singapore's (MAS) decision to ease policy on 14 April -- setting the rate of appreciation of the Singapore ...

Future Fund keeps powder dry

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
... inception. "We see prospective returns on risk at a lower level than in the immediate past years. We are also conscious that monetary authorities, having stimulated so much, have less flexibility now to respond to future weakness," Future Fund chair ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
ECB policy decision As expected, the European Central Bank (ECB) kept monetary policy unchanged - repo rate at 0%; marginal lending facility rate at 0.25%; deposit facility rate at minus 0.4%; monthly purchases at €80 billion - at its 21 April meeting. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... had been accompanied by an appreciation of the Australian dollar, which also partly reflected the expectation that US monetary policy would be more accommodative over the coming year than had been anticipated earlier."...and concerns, "Members noted ...

BlackRock's Fink issues stark warning for global economy

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
Shifting energy costs, the waning Chinese construction boom, extraordinary monetary policy and the rise of automation mean the global economy is now more fragile than at any point since the financial crisis, according to the head of the world's largest ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... quarter. Singapore trade balance A decline in Singapore's trade surplus provided almost immediate justification for the Monetary Authority of Singapore's (MAS) decision to ease policy last week -- setting the rate of appreciation of the Singapore dollar ...

No more tears?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
... accurately, risk assets -- have gone up, up and away in the week ended 15 April -- the very week when the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recalibrated its growth forecasts for the world... and found it slowing even more than its previous guesses. In ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... month. The latest labour market stats should ease pressure on the Korean central bank to cut interest rates. It has kept monetary policy on hold since June 2015 when it announced a 25 basis point reduction that took interest rates to a record low 1.5 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
... Economic Outlook Another 3 months, another downgrade. In its April World Economic Outlook (WEO) update, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has yet again revised down its global growth forecasts. The IMF now expects the global economy to grow by 3.2% ...

Look up in the sky, it's the yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... Japan (BOJ). Despite the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) latest policy initiative - termed "Quantitative and Qualitative (QQE) Monetary Easing with a Negative Interest Rate" - announced following its 28-29 January Board meeting, the Japanese currency remained ...