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Australia can't afford complacency: Murray

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... economy. While there are no immediate signs of a big downturn in the economy, concerns on China are serious and monetary policy adjustment, usually accompanied by an exchange rate adjustment, would see this worked through. Murray said however that for ...

Star alignment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to give official interest rates another chop when they meet to deliberate on monetary policy next week. Let's start with the minutes of the 4 September meeting. In it the Australian central bank noted that "the current ...

Why QE3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... progress toward maximum employment and price stability, the committee expects that a highly accommodative stance of monetary policy will remain appropriate for a considerable time after the economic recovery strengthens." I hope that with this explanation ...

Big Ben brings in the heavy guns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... progress toward maximum employment and price stability, the Committee expects that a highly accommodative stance of monetary policy will remain appropriate for a considerable time after the economic recovery strengthens. In particular, the Committee ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... fell as dealers waited to see whether the Federal Reserve would decide measures to stimulate the US economy at a monetary policy meeting. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index bucked the trend to close up 0.65 per cent at 5,819.92 points on Thursday. But ...

Two down, one to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... ultimately headed in that direction - banking union. One to go. Soon we'll know the outcome of the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy deliberations. Bloomberg reports that, "The Federal Reserve is likely to announce a third round of bond purchases ...

Faith in monetary policy spawns new investment theme

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... investment team has adopted a new theme focused on zero interest rate policy designed to focus on the impacts of monetary policy as the fiscal driver is lost. Fallout from the GFC resulted in heightened cyclicality, according to AllianceBernstein's chief ...

Put up or shut up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... BRICs - has done and is doing to reverse the slide in activity. The Banco Central do Brazil has gone full blast on monetary policy accommodation, cutting interest rates by 50 basis points to a record low 7.5% in August from a high of 12.5% in the same ...

The QE question

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... Asked by Issa if it was premature for the Fed to consider additional policy stimulation, Bernanke replied that, "monetary policy actions operate with a lag," therefore the Fed must act "in light of a forecast of the future performance of the economy." ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... positive territory in thin trade. Hopes are that Bernanke will provide more information about the direction of monetary policy and stimulus measures at Friday's Federal Reserve annual gathering in Wyoming. The Conference Board reported its consumer confidence ...