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I wish I may, I wish I might

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... growth, the less appetite central banks (Fed and BOE) to normalise monetary policy or provide more stimuli (ECB and BOJ and PBOC) until the risks go away and economies gets a clear run to stronger and more sustainable growth. But I digress. Ups and downs ...

New masters of universe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... the BOJ will make adjustments without hesitation". There's none of that - no hesitation - from the People's Bank of China (PBOC). It injected 500 billion yuan (US$81 billion) into the country's five largest banks two weeks ago and just yesterday it eased ...

Someone mentioned the "S-word" on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014

Thrills, spills and chills

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... pointing to a (yikes) slowdown. You, I and Irene became afraid, very afraid. Until, and as expected, the People's Bank of China (PBOC), according to sina.com, implements counter-slowdown measures. Sina.com reported that the PBOC would provide 500 billion ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... Britain. And then there are the side issues about the war with ISIS and Putin and indications of more slowdown in China and the PBOC's latest counter-response and speculation of European Central Bank (ECB) QE. These issues du jour have relegated the ...

Anticipatory and moderate adjustments had become necessary

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... necessary....and anticipatory and moderate adjustments the Politburo did. Sina.com reported that the People's Bank of China (PBOC) announced that it's providing 500 billion yuan (US$81.4 billion) to China's five largest banks through standing lending ...

China's winning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... an annual rate of 2.3% in July from June - in line with market expectations and well below the People's Bank of China's (PBOC) target of 3.5%. This would give the Chinese central bank plenty of scope to ease monetary policy if necessary to achieve Premier ...

Wagging the giant doggie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... to help resolve financing strains for the real economy..." What happened since? We got Beijing's mini stimulus, we had the PBOC lowering reserve requirements for small and rural banks (and increased the number of those banks that qualifies to the cut) ...

BOE qualifies for World Cup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
Anything you guys can do, I can do better... If the Fed, BOJ, ECB and PBOC could do it - forward guiding markets that monetary policy would remain easy (easier next month in the case of the ECB) - why couldn't the BOE? Yes it could! By most indications ...

Beggars at war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... beggaring its neighbours. Beggars can't be choosers they say but they sure can fight back. And the People's Bank of China (PBOC) is fighting back! It's intended to remove the one-way bet (up) on the yuan/US$ exchange it said, it's a move towards currency ...