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Chocolate biscuits and animal spirits

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... spirits' is, of course, what RBA Governor Glenn Stevens said was "... the thing that is most needed now" but "is something monetary policy can't directly cause." in his address to the House of Representatives a few months ago in August. "...more of the ...

Un-taper re-reflate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... own - its (ex) Chairman nonetheless - declared three years ago (and which we've seemed to have just woken up to now) monetary policy "is not a panacea". Testifying before the Joint Economic Committee of the US Congress on 4 October 2011, then Fed Chairman ...

I wish I may, I wish I might

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... providing downside risks; the greater the threat to 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 ...

Unexpected impact of tech on US monetary policy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... the global recovery, helping to ease inflationary pressure and easing the pressure on the Federal Reserve to tighten monetary policy. That was one conclusion reached by 85 BlackRock investment professionals who debated the impact of technology on the ...

Nikko AM ups weighting to global shares

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... has increased its overweight in global equities in light of a positive macroeconomic environment and accommodative US monetary policy. The global investment committee of the Tokyo-based asset manager decided to raise its overweight position on expectations ...

Seesaw on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... buyers - turning the previous day's see on Wall Street into last night's saw. All are thanking the friendly International Monetary Fund (IMF) for opening up another entry point. But the rationale is really two sides of the same coin. The IMF's downgrade ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... fall on markets in the United States and Europe overnight. The market slide was generated partly by an International Monetary Fund report that lowered its global economic growth forecasts for 2014. Also, the German economy ministry said industrial output ...

Now where have I heard that before?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... this the one (the start of a bigger correction) or another dip begging to be bought? This time it's the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that did it. Its crystal ball now shows the world growing by 3.3% this year (from 3.4% predicted in July) and 3.8% ...

Super Mario dropkicks markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... though the butcher, the baker and candlestick maker didn't bat their collective eyelashes at the ECB's decision to leave monetary policy settings as they were last month - the repo rate at 0.05%, the marginal lending facility at 0.3% and the deposit ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... strong rally in Shanghai despite disappointing European economic and corporate data after Mario Draghi vowed to keep monetary policy accommodative. The euro fell to $1.2789 from $1.2850 late in New York on Tuesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed ...