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Three is the magic number

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2017
... credibility shot if it didn't do what it said it would. Because of this, the Fed's 'hint' at where it's taking interest rates takes on a greater importance and it's going to be another three next year and three more in 2019. These are predicated on GDP ...

Good news or bad news?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
... giving the Chinese central bank breathing room in terms of monetary policy. Surely, the PBOC wouldn't want to raise interest rates simultaneous with the stricter financial regulations as it crackdowns on leverage and debt.

Un-Keynesian

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
... expiration of the current funding through to 8 December. The immediate implication is that the Fed could raise interest rates more aggressively than expected. Recall that since Trump's victory, the Fed has treated Trump's promised reflationary policies ...

Global asset manager expands Australian offering

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
... floating rate debt obligations. Pine Bridge said advantages for Australian investors include a hedge against rising interest rates, attractive yields in a low-return world and security against the issuers' assets. Speaking to Financial Standard, Grobler ...

The Fed's aware of building imbalances

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
... to GDP is unlikely to be sustainable-and has been made to appear more manageable due to today's historically low interest rates. Debt and equity securities trading volumes have markedly declined over the past several years. For example, NYSE equity trading ...

The price is not right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
... strong economic growth to nudge prices higher - demand-pull inflation - the Fed must thread carefull in calibratinyg interest rates particularly, with its favoured measure of inflation still below its 2% target. The PCE price index was at 1.6% in the ...

ARCO Investment Management launches new strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... investors are actively reshaping their portfolios to defend against downside risk and protect capital. "Ultra-low interest rates continue to underpin relatively expensive equity valuations, but this trade is now very long in the tooth. Offshore central ...

BOE does what it said it would do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... time in more than a decade that the BOE raised its key overnight benchmark rate. The UK central bank last moved interest rates higher on the 5th of July 2007, taking the Bank Rate up from 5.50% to 5.75%, before steadily cutting it down to a record low ...

Two holds and a raise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... Unlike America and Japan, the UK's has seen strong growth and above target inflation. But unlike in America where interest rates were "promised" to be lifted in December, and unlike Japan's easy money policy until inflation target is reached, the BOE ...

Surefire Melbourne Cup bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
Want a sure bet for next week's Melbourne Cup? Bet on the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) not moving on interest rates when its board meets on Melbourne Cup Day, Tuesday 7 November. Yes Virginia, I know, it's like saying that sugar is sweet and made ...