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No board meeting necessary

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... weeks before its scheduled 3 February meeting. Yesterday's move (4 March) was also weeks ahead of the scheduled 7 April monetary policy meeting. The positive thing that could be said about the RBI's surprise acts is that it's being pro-active in setting ...

Majority slammed (again), equities dunked, A$ fouled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... Up There"...and slam is what the majority again got from Gov Glenn yesterday when the RBA "judged that, having eased monetary policy at the previous meeting, it was appropriate to hold interest rates steady for the time being". The official cash rate ...

Tme to get fiscal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... cut rates again... and again - which markets now expect in response to the recent woeful economic stats and surveys. Monetary policy operates with a lag - in Australia's case it's around 12-18 months -Tony and Joey's wish, an Australia in crisis, would ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... really counted," said TrustNet analyst Tony Cross. "Today's news of negative inflation across the Atlantic means that monetary policy isn't going to tighten any time soon and equities can continue to climb in the wake of this," he added. US Federal Reserve ...

Altair AM signs equity mandates

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
... rate cut. "The RBA recognises a weaker growth outlook than it was forecasting in late 2014. It wants to provide more monetary policy support for growth and has the capacity to do it because of the low inflation outlook," said Roberts. "One 25bp cut is ...

China easing a tailwind for A-share market

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
The People's Bank of China monetary easing policies have resulted in liquidity pouring mainly into the A-share market, J.P. Morgan emerging markets equity managing director George J. Iwanicki learned in a recent trip to the country. A-shares are shares ...

Investor sentiment shifting overseas

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... economies are meanwhile realigning due to high debt levels, demographic changes that slow growth, inequality that blunts monetary policy, and digitisation that challenges business models and slows their revenue growth. Australia is especially vulnerable ...

Say when

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... long that it's not surprising that she's learned well... she's learnt the art of Fedspeak. Yes. "...since the July 2014 Monetary Policy Report, there has been important progress toward the FOMC's objective of maximum employment." No. "However, despite ...

Mind over matter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... thing coming our way tomorrow and the day after tomorrow - and her name is Janet. The Fed Chairman will be testifying on monetary policy before the Senate Banking Committee those days. Shouldn't markets be fretting about any surprises that could come ...

Beauty in(foreign) beholders' eyes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
Earlier this month, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) released its Statement on Monetary Policy, detailing the reasons for the why and the wherefore it decided to cut the official cash rate by 25 basis points to a record low 2.25%. "...over recent ...