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The growth-inflation divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
... expectations have remained in a weakening phase" and even lowered its FY projection to 1.4% from 1.5%. The European Central Bank's (ECB) policy decision, assessment and outlook were almost identical that you only have to replace BOJ with ECB in the preceding ...

The prescience of Super Mario

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
Rising momentum in the Eurozone economy have triggered speculations that the European Central Bank (ECB) would not only taper its QE programme soon but also lift interest rates by the first quarter of 2018. The problem with this is that stronger economic ...

ECB nips the bud of rate hike speculations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... continued sprouting of green shoots in the Eurozone economy has recently triggered speculations that the European Central Bank (ECB) would soon taper its policy accommodation measures soon. While the Governing Council voted to keep monetary policy settings ...

Labour costs rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
In its 9 March statement, the European Central Bank (ECB) stated that, "A very substantial degree of monetary accommodation is still needed for underlying inflation pressures to build up and support headline inflation in the medium term". However, if ...

Low-flation at the core

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
Low-flation at the core The European Central Bank's (ECB) governing council decided to keep monetary policy steady - refinancing rate at 0%, deposit rate at -0.4%, marginal lending facility at 0.25% -- while at the same time confirming that its asset ...

Good credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
... year to January, similar to December, which was the fastest pace since 2009. These are evidence that the European Central Bank's (ECB) efforts to boost economic activity in the region are working that, in turn, could lift gathering "taper" expectations. ...

Happier euro consumers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... resurgence since Trump's victory at the 8 November elections and continuing policy accommodation by the European Central Bank. The improvement in consumer confidence augurs well for domestic demand and by extension, overall economic growth. However ...

Rising exports drive wider surplus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
... expected industrial production and increasing expansion in the surveys of purchasing managers (PMI). The European Central Bank (ECB) meets this week (19 January). Financial markets would look for signals from the ECB regarding "taper" particularly in ...

A$ drop brings good cheers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
... the support the domestic economy needs to get it out of the third quarter funk. The exact same thing the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan are trying to engineer with their own legal tenders. A trip down memory lane shows how the dollar-A's ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... year to the third quarter, accelerating from 1.0% in the previous quarter. This should help support the European Central Bank's effort to raise consumer price inflation - headline CPI inflation up 0.6% (yoy) in November from 0.5% in October; core CPI ...