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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... measure has been largely flat (between 2.2% and 2.3%) over the past nine months. UK CPI inflation True to the Bank of England's (BOE) warning of rising inflation due to the pound sterling's depreciation, the UK's annual headline inflation rate sped up ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... 10.0% (and sterling's effective exchange rate remains 3.0% lower). Expect further gains in retail spending as the Bank of England's 2 August monetary policy easing works its way into the economy.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
... minus 14.7 (a four-year low) in the previous month and beating market expectations for a minus 6.3 print. The Bank of England's (BOE) policy easing in August and the European Central Bank's (ECB) promise to act if necessary helped improve confidence. ...

Central bank Olympics - the race is on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... headline at 1.0% in the June quarter; trimmed mean at 1.7%; weighted median at 1.3%. Target at 2.0% - 3.0%. But the Bank of England (BOE) outraced the RBA, delivering a 25 bps cut in its Bank Rate to 0.25% from 0.50% -- and an increase in its asset purchase ...

US becomes post-Brexit equity safe haven

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
... divisions. While the research said immediate negative economic effects could be mitigated by policy response from the Bank of England and the ECB, European equities will face a de-rating in equity multiples due to the higher risk premium caused by the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
... consumer confidence. BOE policy unchanged It did not happen overnight but it will happen... in August. This was the Bank of England's message after its 14 July policy deliberations - the first monetary policy committee meeting post-Brexit -- where it ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2016
... support the supply of credit and in support of market functioning," the Financial Policy Committee (FPC) of the Bank of England (BOE) -- at its policy meetings on 28 June and 1 July - announced: "The FPC reduced the UK countercyclical capital buffer ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
... construction spending decisions for some time to come. As a result, the latest figures raise the likelihood that the Bank of England will inject additional stimulus this summer in an attempt to dampen the short-term impact of Brexit uncertainty on the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... Expectations of further weakness, particularly in business investment (due to Brexit uncertainty), have prompted Bank of England (BOE) governor Mark Carney to ponder some form of policy stimulus when the BOE next meets this month (14 July).

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
... and Britain has already had painful experience of this". BOE on Brexit In a statement after the Brexit result, Bank of England (BOE) governor Mark Carney said that, "The Bank of England cannot (and should not) stand in the way of these necessary adjustments. ...