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Low-flation at the core

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
Low-flation at the core The European Central Bank's (ECB) governing council decided to keep monetary policy steady - refinancing rate at 0%, deposit rate at -0.4%, marginal lending facility at 0.25% -- while at the same time confirming that its asset ...

Good credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
... year to January, similar to December, which was the fastest pace since 2009. These are evidence that the European Central Bank's (ECB) efforts to boost economic activity in the region are working that, in turn, could lift gathering "taper" expectations. ...

Happier euro consumers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... resurgence since Trump's victory at the 8 November elections and continuing policy accommodation by the European Central Bank. The improvement in consumer confidence augurs well for domestic demand and by extension, overall economic growth. However ...

Rising exports drive wider surplus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
... expected industrial production and increasing expansion in the surveys of purchasing managers (PMI). The European Central Bank (ECB) meets this week (19 January). Financial markets would look for signals from the ECB regarding "taper" particularly in ...

A$ drop brings good cheers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
... the support the domestic economy needs to get it out of the third quarter funk. The exact same thing the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan are trying to engineer with their own legal tenders. A trip down memory lane shows how the dollar-A's ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... year to the third quarter, accelerating from 1.0% in the previous quarter. This should help support the European Central Bank's effort to raise consumer price inflation - headline CPI inflation up 0.6% (yoy) in November from 0.5% in October; core CPI ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
... reflating world economy should underpin improvement going forward. Eurozone ECB policy decision As expected, the European Central Bank (ECB) kept its monetary policy unchanged - repo rate at 0%; deposit rate at -0.4%; marginal lending rate at 0.25% ...

Trump protectionism protects not the emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... just what they are now) brings to the US Federal Reserve - onwards towards policy normalisation - and the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan - succour to their quest for a lower exchange rate that would boost growth and inflation. But it's not ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
... highest since December 2015 (minus 5.7) - from minus 8 in the previous month, supporting speculations that the European Central Bank (ECB) will remain on hold, at least for the duration of this year. UK industrial trends The Confederation of British ...

Trump's helping hand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
... 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% versus the greenback this year to date (it ...