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RBA dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
... country's monetary policy settings. Financial markets expect the Australian central bank to announce no change in interest rates this month. Yes, there's nothing remotely interesting in that. What's interesting is that while consensus expectations tilt ...

ECB nips the bud of rate hike speculations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... available within its mandate." Financial markets took this as guidance that the ECB would not only taper but also raise interest rates as soon as the first quarter of 2018. The euro jumped from US$1.0541 on 8 March to US$1.0577 on ECB meeting day and ...

Kristin's correct call

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... economic data continue to vindicate MPC-member Kristin Forbes' dissent - she considered it appropriate to raise interest rates by 25 basis at the March meeting. Following earlier reports of stronger than expected inflation - headline CPI inflation up ...

Record adviser numbers attend Sydney ABDO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... housing prices are crazy as a result," Campbell said. "Australia will have a big price to pay, not if, but when interest rates go up. When mortgage rates go up - and they will because they are artificially low, this country is going to really struggle ...

Price-pressured

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
... January 2017 - the continued upswing in consumer price inflation do, indeed, argue for at least a small increase in interest rates. UK CPI inflation quickened to 2.3% in the year to February, from 1.8% in the previous month. This is higher than market ...

US corporate debt mandate signed to Aussie manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... borrowing long and lending short. "People are locking in fixed rates for a long time because they see some increased interest rates coming," Carden said. The fund's view is "normalisation" will increase existing floating rate cashflow and will not change ...

Standard Life marks Australian real estate as top performer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... economy, supported by stronger ties with China. Weaker regional currencies because of the strong US dollar and low interest rates may attract renewed interest and investment volumes may improve," the report said. SLI is forecasting the UK real estate ...

More fires than hires

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... loans from 5.55% to 5.80% starting 24 March - because its targeted at the property market and should not affect interest rates on other economic agents. The hope is that this would gently cool the property market. The risk is... the property market f ...

Good for now worrying for later

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... financial stability suggest that the best that could be hoped for in terms of a monetary policy response is for steady interest rates for a rate cut would only fan the flames of financial instability a bit more.

No other way but up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... US economy would see continued upward momentum and hence further Fed rate hikes. But continued growth and higher interest rates would, at the same time, put upward pressure on the US dollar. A strong US dollar would play into Trump's protectionist policies ...