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One Direction and the BOE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... policy support relative to that implied path. Monetary policy can respond, in either direction, to changes to the economic outlook as they unfold to ensure a sustainable return of inflation to the 2% target."

Compliance and cybersecurity keeping bankers awake

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... Regulatory pressures and cybersecurity are the main areas of concern for Australian bankers, the 2017 EY Global Banking Outlook report shows. One-hundred per cent of the banking executives surveyed said enhancing cybersecurity and complying with consumer ...

One small rise in rates, one giant step towards normalisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... Fed has to cover its behind - just in case. "...the actual path of the federal funds rate will depend on the economic outlook as informed by incoming data." So far, the economic and survey data released on the day the Fed announced its monetary policy ...

No other way but up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... mentioned in the February monetary policy statement: "...the actual path of the federal funds rate will depend on the economic outlook as informed by incoming data". The optimism sparked by Trump's reflationary policies and generally better global growth ...

Low-flation at the core

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... continue to look through changes in HICP inflation if judged to be transient and to have no implication for the medium-term outlook for price stability". The ECB's forward guidance. "A very substantial degree of monetary accommodation is still needed ...

Steady as she grows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... cash rate unchanged at 1.5% -- where it had been since August last year -- while at the same time offering a positive outlook on the global and domestic economy. Not only has the RBA left policy unchanged, except for a few minor tweaks in the wording ...

First of three (or more) coming next week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... is likely to be appropriate. However, as I have noted, unless unanticipated developments adversely affect the economic outlook, the process of scaling back accommodation likely will not be as slow as it was during the past couple of years." Recent data ...

Going good but there are risks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... remaining economic slack" But perhaps more important are the similarities the OECD and the RBA see as risks to their growth outlook -- though the OECD survey gave a more negative impression (this is hardly surprising, the RBA wouldn't want to talk the ...

Forward thinking must underpin advice: Vanguard

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
... globalisation, and the pace of technological change," Davis said. "We have analysed those forces over the past decade and our outlook for the global economy has not changed. [If advisers can look past short-term trends], one thing that is for sure is ...

Wednesday delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
... admitted that the current administration's policies have created "considerable uncertainty" over forecasting the economic outlook. This uncertainty is becoming manifest in inflows to bonds (Factset quotes Bofa Merrill Lynch reporting the fourth straight ...