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More negatives

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
... meeting when the BOJ Board decided to take interest rates down from positive 0.1% to negative 0.1%, the Japanese central bank promised that "It will cut the interest rate further into negative territory if judged as necessary". The latest GDP growth ...

Gold starts to glisten (like 2008?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
... But like the outlook for all other asset classes and economies, whether gold's ascent persists depends largely on central bank responses... and market confidence on the effectiveness of these policy responses.

Who can dig a deeper hole?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... it further negative if it becomes necessary. Last night, "it has become necessary" for the Riksbank. The Swedish central bank cut interest rates by 15 bps down to minus 0.5% and stated that it would continue buying government bonds over the next six ...

More help wanted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
... Australia's (RBA) positive take on the domestic labour market. In its February Statement on Monetary Policy, the Australian central bank noted that, "A concentration of economic activity in labour-intensive service sectors, such as household services ...

Global central banks going for the cut

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... not immune to that," she added. "Global markets in early 2016 highlighted key factors that will affect our market. Central bank action, and possibly inaction, will have its effects," she explained. "If we start looking at the RBA, the cash rate is at ...

Those who want a job can get a job

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... words have been etched into Fed policy statements for as long as I could remember. The data most relevant to the US central bank, of course, are those that directly reveal progress on its dual "statutory mandate" - "maximum employment and 2% inflation". ...

Risks are overstated: AUI

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
Some of the risks for the year ahead have been overstated and there are still plenty of opportunities to make good investments, according to Australian Unity Investments' joint venture asset managers. At a briefing in Sydney, Wingate Asset Management ...

Deflation and China pose biggest risks: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
US asset management giant PIMCO is most concerned about a slowdown in China, deflation and central banks not having the necessary firepower to mitigate further economic shocks. Despite those risks, the fund manager's base asset allocation is overweight ...

Strength in (A$) weakness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... declined further". It's appropriate because the Australian dollar is doing the re-equilibrating of the economy for the central bank. "The exchange rate has continued its adjustment to the evolving economic outlook". This time, Gov Glenn didn't even have ...

BOJ goes negative to get postive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
A week and a day after equity markets welcomed Super Mario Draghi's announcement that the European Central Bank (ECB) would "review and possibly reconsider our monetary policy stance at our next meeting in early March in order to secure a return of ...