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Trump's helping hand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
... appreciation over the past two weeks should help contain inflation -- the same US dollar strength that's also aiding the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the European Central Bank's (ECB) quest towards faster growth and higher inflation. The euro is down 2.6% ...

Clinton or Trump or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... deliberations last week also decided to play it safe or save ammunition... just in case. The US Federal Reserve, the Bank of Japan, the Bank of England and the Reserve Bank of Australia all kept their domestic monetary policy settings unchanged. To be ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
... However, the degree of confidence remained softer than that seen at the start of 2016." Japan Tankan survey The Bank of Japan's (BOJ) Tankan survey suggests that the central bank's policy stimulus measures aren't having a positive impact on sentiment ...

Central banks still got their mojo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... markets leading up to the 21st of September. But scrooge was nowhere to be seen - exclaiming bah! humbug! - when the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the US Federal Reserve (Fed) turned up on the 21st of September bearing gifts. The Nikkei-225 index jumped nearly ...

Christmas in September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
Ho, ho, ho. Merry Christmas everybody, merry Christmas! The Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the US Federal Reserve (Fed) played jolly old saint Nicolas, decking the financial market halls with boughs of holly (fa la la...) on the 21st of September. Santa Kuroda ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... that was reported a day earlier points to a near-term improvement. Japan trade balance While the world awaits the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) monetary policy decision, freshly-released trade data confirms speculations that the Japanese central bank will announce ...

The twenty-first night of September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... policies proved founded. It doesn't matter whether it's by chance or by design but both the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan will announce their monetary policy decision on 21 September. Nothing wrong with that... except that the butcher, the ...

Combination of fiscal and monetary policy essential for Japan

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... Abenomics, according to QIC Shocking global markets with the announcement of negative cash rates in late January, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) is set to deliver a comprehensive assessment of the performance of its monetary policy in September, with the market ...

Investors missing healthy returns amid bond fears

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
... years has been 7.75%. Grow says the return of quantitative easing in the UK in the wake of the Brexit vote and the Bank of Japan's review of its own monetary policy mean a case can be made for bond prices rising further still. "The bull case for global ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
... Disappointing Japanese economic growth figures have all but cemented expectations for more policy easing from the Bank of Japan (BOJ) come September. Preliminary estimates showed that real GDP produced no growth in the three months to June. This is a ...