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Investors sharpen watch on RMBS

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
... while rebalancing their portfolios; and getting a bid can take more time. It remains to be seen what will happen as interest rates rise and whether more people will default on their home loans, and in turn affect RMBS returns. "It depends how your portfolio ...

Chief economist update: Steady at 24 and counting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... lending standards. Not surprising, these unchanged assessments led to the now familiar conclusion: "The low level of interest rates is continuing to support the Australian economy. Further progress in reducing unemployment and having inflation return ...

Chief economist update: Draining the swamp

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
... 1.8% - are already inviting speculations of a more aggressive Fed. With most other developed central banks' interest rates still on hold, rising US rates would raise the US dollar's yield premium, attracting more funds inflow into America. The ...

Chief economist update: US inflation hits target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
... year". This, and the strong momentum in the US economy, would strengthen speculations that the Fed would raise interest rates by four times this year (it has already lifted twice). Then again, the Income and Outlays report also showed that the Fed got ...

Bank customer trust plummets: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... negative publicity represents a major challenge for banks, he said. Morris said it's important to keep in mind that interest rates, fees and charges, customer experience, reliability, security and product offering have also impacted satisfaction levels. ...

Chief economist update: Rate hike hawks in RBA dove's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... quarter. Recent history also provides lessons for the impatient. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) lifted interest rates four times from 2.5% in March 2014 to 3.5% by August of the same the same year. No one can fault the RBNZ, annual GDP growth ...

Chief economist update: Three ayes for a rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
... expected." But therein lies the rub - in the "weaker sterling exchange rate". Mere speculations that the BOE would hike interest rates when it meets next has already strengthened sterling exchange rate to US$1.3255/£1 from US$1.3240/£1 the day before... ...

Chief economist update: RBA not cruising for a bruising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
... prelude to an RBA rate cut ", published on 6 June 2018? There I observed that similar long stretches of unchanged interest rates - November 2010-October 2011; August 2013-January 2015; May 2015-April 2016 - were each followed by rate cuts despite the ...

Chief economist update: Submerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
... of risk assets. More so, given the Fed's optimistic outlook for the US economy (it wouldn't be raising interest rates if not, and by more than initially forward-guided). As it turns out, I am wrong and Powell is correct (else, I can be Fed chairman). ...

Chief economist update: Trade war and peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
... asset purchases from €30 billion a month through to September to €15 billion from October to December, and interest rates could rise after the summer of 2019. Similarly, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) did not disappoint expectations and kept policy unchanged. ...