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RBNZ tries to turn the turn in NZ economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... speed and extent to which the OCR will need to rise will depend on the assessment of the impact of the tightening in monetary policy to date, and the implications of future economic and financial data for inflationary pressures." We now learn that the ...

It's not the when but the what happens after

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... maker try to outguess each other and the Fed over the exact timing of the US central bank's first step into returning monetary policy back to normal, the more relevant question is how would financial markets react. The latest Wall Street Journal (WSJ) ...

Singapore looks to Australia on risk reforms

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has implemented key risk/life insurance advice reforms that were inspired by similar policies in Australia, the Netherlands and the UK. Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Lawrence Wong said these countries' ...

A question of trend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... Luncheon in Sydney and told his audience that, "One of the features of much regular discussion of macroeconomic policy, and monetary policy in particular, is that people tend to adopt a rather short time-frame. Everyone watches high-frequency data and ...

Gold's no longer gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... India, for instance, made the headlines in October 2012 when it bought 200 tonnes of the metal from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Likewise, China is rumoured to be putting its hands up to buy the IMF's remaining 203 tonnes. South Korea, Brazil ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... billion) loan repayment due to the European Central Bank on Monday as well as outstanding sums owed to the International Monetary Fund, both creditors said in statements. The euro stood at $US1.0855 compared with $US1.0830 late on Friday in New York. ...

Higher US rates will test investors' nerves: QIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... said. The global factors that QIC identified as signs that the term premium will increase are the "normalisation" of monetary policy following the US Federal Reserve tapering of its quantitative easing programs. Other drivers are investors' demand for ...

A$ down but would it stay down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... there's less downside on commodity prices. The single most rational rationale for the A$'s fall is the divergence in monetary policy - with Greece and China now out of the way (or seemingly) -- the Fed can now lift while the RBA is expected to remain ...

Round and round we go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... appropriate at some point later this year to take the first step to raise the federal funds rate and thus begin normalising monetary policy". Or not: "But I want to emphasise that the course of the economy and inflation remains highly uncertain, and ...

Lift-off on Carney's mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... agreement, the scale of the challenge, underscores the series of institutional shortcomings that still exist within European monetary union." "There are big execution risks on all sides, including execution risk around the profile of the debt which in ...