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Chief economist update: BOE flips tightening bias to easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... to remove or even reduce the odds for a Fed rate cut this month. The CME FedWatch Tool puts the probability that the US central bank will cut interest rates by 25 bps to 2%-2.25% at the conclusion of its July FOMC meeting at 95.1%. This is backed-up ...

Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
... economy's outlook (slowing as it is) is relatively better than its trading partners. This is the reason why other world central banks are maintaining or easing their respective monetary policies - and in the process cheapening their currencies - ...

AMP bolsters managed portfolio offering

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
AMP moved to strengthen the managed portfolio offering on its flagship wrap platform. Wealth manager AMP added Zenith Investment Partners and Quilla Consulting to the managed portfolio range on MyNorth, and will partner with advice practices to create ...

Chief economist update: The back-to-back rate cuts Australia has to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... just 1%. I guess governor Lowe didn't receive the memo from Bank of International Settlements (BIS) - the world's central bank of central banks - chief Agustin Carstens that delivered a day before that: "Monetary policy should be considered more ...

Chief economist update: Expect an RBNZ rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
... "The global economic outlook has weakened, and downside risks related to trade activity have intensified. A number of central banks are easing their monetary policy settings to support demand. The weaker global economy is affecting New Zealand through ...

Chief economist update: ECB to leave no policy tool unturned

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
When the European Central Bank (ECB) concluded its Governing Council meeting on the June 6, not only had it announced to keep monetary policy settings unchanged - repo at 0.00%; marginal lending facility at 0.25%; deposit facility at -0.4% - but it ...

Chief economist update: BOE lets peers do the heavy lifting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
... Fed and the Bank of Japan, it offered an opposing forward guidance to the future path of UK interest rates. The British central bank admitted in its June statement that: "Trade concerns have contributed to volatility in global equity prices and corporate ...

Chief economist update: Fed plans for Trump contingency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
... Wikipedia's definition (yes, yes I know): "In economics, a Taylor rule is a monetary-policy rule that stipulates how much the central bank should change the nominal interest rate in response to changes in inflation, output, or other economic conditions." ...

Insurer to add value via tech

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
... dimensional focus on physical activity goals, the LiveWell program recognises the concept of the 'whole person' being central to wellbeing. "Rewarding customers for their community contribution, whether it be doing a charity fun run, giving blood or ...

Chief economist update: Cash is King

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
... keep interest rates unchanged at current levels after its June meeting at 77.5%. This intuitively makes sense. The US central bank couldn't just adjust policy settings from a "patient pause" approach to an outright rate reduction without ringing ...