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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... previous month as the participation rate decreased to 64.5% from 64.7%. ECB monetary policy decision The European Central Bank (ECB) kept monetary policy unchanged at its 20 October governing council meeting, marking the six straight month that it has ...

No new monetary policy moves on horizon: AB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... business models were increasingly battered by requirements to pay for keeping money on deposit with the European Central Bank. It was at this time, he says, that the focus started to shift toward the potential for fiscal policy to break the stalemate ...

The twenty-first night of September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... by 0.7%, the Dow by 1.1% and the Nasdaq (since 1971) by 1.0% -- on average - during Septembers. Blame the European Central Bank (ECB) for setting the negative tone in the financial markets. While it kept monetary policy unchanged at its September meet ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... spending but at the same time is a positive for consumers' balance sheet. ECB policy As widely expected, the European Central Bank (ECB) kept policy unchanged at its September Governing Council meeting - the fifth straight month of unchanged monetary ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
... beating market expectations for a minus 6.3 print. The Bank of England's (BOE) policy easing in August and the European Central Bank's (ECB) promise to act if necessary helped improve confidence.

Central bank Olympics - the race is on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... even before the opening ceremony of "Rio 2016" on the 3rd of August. Perhaps it was much too early but the European Central Bank (ECB) opted not to start running when at its governing council meeting on 21 July, it left monetary policy unchanged - refinancing ...

Bond investors must relax benchmark constraints

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... number of key central banks have put negative interest rates in place, including the Bank of Japan (BoJ), the European Central Bank and the central banks of Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland. Managing director of QIC's Global Liquid Strategies (GLS), Susan ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... combined effects of a 1.0% increase in exports over the month and a 1.0% fall in imports. ECB on hold The European Central Bank (ECB) announced no change in monetary policy settings - repo rate at 0%; deposit rate at -0.4%; lending rate at 0.25%; asset ...

Minutes to disaster

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
... it would be a positive for central banks trying to boost their economies or inflation or both such as the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan (BOJ). It would be disastrous for emerging markets - particularly for those with debts denominated ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... with a healthy labour market. Euro industrial production Not producing. This might as well refer to the European Central Bank's (ECB) QE and negative interest rate policy. But the story here is the disappointing euro industrial production result. Industrial ...