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Beggar thy neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... safe-haven - has appreciated as the GFC progressed. But the Swiss franc's appreciation has effectively tightened monetary policy, dampening economic activity and now threatens to put the country in a state of deflation. The Swiss response? Explicit currency ...

Fanning the flames of fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... we're still at a level where the positives are not fully priced in.' He also noted that the positive impact of monetary policy and lower oil prices are being underestimated and that the corporate bond market has improved in 2009. Perhaps we are living ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... announce additional stimulus spending as expected. Dealers said there was then nervousness about whether the new monetary policy tack taken by Britain would work, how much it would cost and the ultimate price. The Bank of England announced plans to inject ...

Nationalisation - that ugly word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... wasn't just the US doing the heavy lifting. The minutes of the Bank of England's (BoE) February meeting - where the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted 8-1 to cut interest rates to an all-time low of 1 per cent - revealed that the MPC gave the BoE ...

The biggest loser

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
... BoE slashed its cash rate to an all-time low of 1 per cent. The ECB fears falling into a liquidity trap where monetary policy becomes impotent. ECB President Jean Claude Trichet explained that the central bank's last rate reduction in January had already ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... Construction Index for January. At 1130 AEDT, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases its quarterly statement on monetary policy. In company news, News Corporation releases first half results in New York, National Australia Bank provides a market update ...

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 ...