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Chief economist update: Bond sell bomb shell

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... trimming its purchases of 10 to 25-year and 25 to 40-year JGBs by ¥10 billion each. And then, there's the European Central Bank (ECB) which is scheduled to halve its asset purchases from €60 billion to €30 billion starting this month. But if the ...

FS has you covered in 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... US economy and the global economy and financial markets in general; it also mentioned the potential impact of several European elections; central bank policy; commodity and property prices; and the outlook for China and Australia. SMSF Association National ...

Eurozone low-flation to 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2017
Final estimates of Eurozone HICP (harmonised index of consumer prices) inflation added credence to the European Central Bank's (ECB) most recent forward guidance indicating that euro area interest rates will remain on ice until at least the third quarter ...

Expecting the expected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
... the Fed, they see 2017's stronger growth-low inflation dynamics to spill over into 2018. As expected, the European Central Bank (ECB) kept monetary policy settings unchanged. The Eurosystem staff projects annual real GDP growth of 2.4% in 2017, 2.3% ...

BOE does what it said it would do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... limited extent". For despite the UK central bank's optimism there's still Brexit uncertainty. "The decision to leave the European Union is having a noticeable impact on the economic outlook... Uncertainties associated with Brexit are weighing on domestic ...

ECB schedules taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
The European Central Bank's (ECB) October monetary policy meeting ended financial market speculations over its QE exit strategy. ECB president Mario Draghi did what he telegraphed he would -- discuss QE unwind strategy in October - and offered something ...

ECB exit: 2018 or 2021?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... amid diminished political risk and policy uncertainty". This is based on the IMF's assumption that the "European Central Bank should wait for concrete evidence of a steady pickup in inflation before reducing the extent of accommodation". The IMF predicts ...

Euro strength is a source of weakness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
It didn't happen overnight, but it did happen. European Central Bank president Mario Draghi's concern over the impact of the euro currency's appreciation, that is. Recall that the ECB had been conspicuous in its silence about the euro since its 20 July ...

MainstreamBPO given green light for offshore acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... transaction, MainstreamBPO acquired Fundaministration Inc in New York, Galileo Fund Services in the UK and the former European hedge fund business of Alter Domus. The group also boosted net profit by 38% to $1.4 million and declared a fully franked final ...

ECB disengages from currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... US dollar so far this year - more than the A$ (up 9.4%), the NZ$ (up 5.4%) and the rupee (5.9%). Yet, the European Central Bank (ECB) and its president Mario Draghi have so far been conspicuous in not voicing out their trepidation over the euro's sharp ...