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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... one. Such is the case with Japan where the BOJ continues to dangle the promise of increased policy easing should persistent yen strength damps the recovery and inflation. It already has. Yen strength is affecting Japan's external accounts. Exports dropped ...

He pleaded, he promised, he threatened

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... Haruhiko Kuroda had been a very busy -- or should I say noisy? -- dude all throughout last week as he tries to verbally abuse the yen to its knees. The yen has steadily risen against the greenback since 28 April when the Japanese central bank announced ...

May sell may go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... Draghi's reiteration of his "whatever it takes" (cross my fingers and hope to die) pledge had been becoming impotent of late. The yen and the euro have both appreciated versus the greenback despite both central banks' efforts to weaken them... and I ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
... two months. Core-core CPI inflation - ex food and energy - slowed to an annual rate of 0.7% from 0.8% in February. Renewed yen appreciation resulting from the market's disappointment over the BOJ decision would put further downward pressure on inflation. ...

Down, down prices are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... export their way out of deflation. But nay, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) has repeated many many times that it is not targeting the yen, so have the European Central Bank (ECB)... and everyone and his dog are taking their words for it. Not so for the Reserve ...

No more tears?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
... You know the ones - US$ strength prompting capital outflows out of emerging markets; made more pronounced by even stronger yen; even more by threat of yuan depreciation to keep the Chinese economy from landing hard; crude oil will become nearly gratis ...

Look up in the sky, it's the yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... repatriation, reduced interest rate yield differential, policy impotence... take your pick. The fact remains that the Japanese yen has appreciated - big time - vis-A -vis the US dollar even before 2015 turned into 2016. And this is creating big time ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
... has trended lower since hitting a 17-month high in June last year - another indication of the negative impact of the rising yen. The Japanese currency is currently trading at ¥109.72 to a US$. Back in June last year, one greenback could buy more ¥120. ...

Janet's words stronger than BOJ and ECB bazookas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... New York on the 29th of March, taking its appreciation against the greenback up by 4.8% this year to date. Similarly, the yen's up 1.3% on the week and by 7.7% so far this year. It's not only against them euros and yens, the greenback has also weakened ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... production improved to minus 1.5% last month from minus 3.8% in January. However, continued weakness in global demand and a strong yen suggest only limited, if at all, improvement in industrial output in the coming months. Eurozone economic sentiment ...