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Worst of the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... action also confirms the deep anxiety gripping not only the BoE, but also the Chancellor of the Exchequer. BoE Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) member David Blanchflower have voiced out these concerns. While acknowledging that recent policy initiatives ...

Bigger fish to fry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
... general level of prices lower. Bigger fish to fry. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets next week for its first monetary policy meeting of 2009. Chances are whatever today's ABS numbers look like, it will decide to cut interest rates just a little ...

Sucked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... vortex. This week the US Federal Reserve's Federal Open Markets Committee will meet to decide on the country's monetary policy settings, and perhaps to again try and reverse the tide. At least, they take only two days to deliberate and implement their ...

2009: The lost year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... would eventually succeed in reviving confidence and put the global economy back onto the road to recovery. But monetary policy operates with a lag and the political process causes delays in fiscal spending. Hence, despite the various measures, packages ...

China syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... growth pace, Chinese fiscal and monetary authorities have promised 'more forceful measures' in the form of easy monetary policy, tax cuts, extra efforts aimed at job creation and a stable currency. For all our sake, let us hope that the consumer of last ...

Calls to cut super contribs fails to get traction

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... contributions misses the big opportunity - putting superannuation into the economic frontline and making it part of our monetary policy heavy artillery. A group of economists lead by Nick Gruen, principle of the Lateral Economics consultancy, has written ...

Four Bad 'Bers'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
... debts. This week the central banks of the Eurozone, the United Kingdom and Australia will meet to deliberate on monetary policy settings for their respective economies. Given the persistent and worsening weakness in economic activity and sentiment in ...

Free money can be costly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 23 NOV 2008
... real interest rates (interest rate adjusted for inflation/deflation). This is the reason why for instance, US monetary policy could still be restrictive even if the Federal Reserve eventually brings the funds rate down to zero. In the current cycle ...

Main Street is burning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
... equilibrium. Once the excesses of the previous boom have been purged out of the financial system. The fiscal and monetary policy largesse already implemented or are still to be put into action are but palliatives. The healing process will, and must ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... at 0759 AEDT on November 8.) In news today, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases its quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases housing finance data for September. SEEK reports its Employment Index for October. ...