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Dumping dear momos

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... inputted in the National Accounts? It is an addition to GDP. Overlayed in all these good news are the central banks' monetary policy actions, "forward guidance" and what have you's. The Fed and the BOE have already altered their thresholds so they have ...

Australian budget to blow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... fastest budget deterioration over the past six months of any of the 29 most advanced economies tracked by the International Monetary Fund". (AFR) Australia's budget deficit had widened by about 1% of our GDP since the IMF last peered into our accounts ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... the local bourse: an overnight rebound in US markets, positive global economic growth forecasts from the International Monetary Fund, and some excitement over the takeover agreement involving David Jones. "The market's up around one per cent - that's ...

BOE has a problem to smile about

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... (BOE) is expected to do what the ECB and the BOJ and the Fed did before it when it meets tomorrow night - that is, keep monetary policy steady as she goes and of course... provide "forward guidance". The only difference is that BOE Governor Mark Carney's ...

APRA requests more decision-making power

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... travel by APRA staff, singly or collectively, over $20,000. The submission cited concerns expressed by the International Monetary Fund over the increased ministerial directions power, and the parliamentary disallowance procedure - whereby regulatory ...

The art of fighting without fighting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... same two) expected the European Central Bank (ECB) to announce that it's 24-member Governing Council has decided to ease monetary policy in the region this day. It doesn't matter what form it takes - negative deposit rates, offer new long-term loans ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... initial unemployment claims rose. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets got a boost as the ECB pledged to further ease monetary conditions if necessary and hinted at quantitative easing to keep deflation at bay. However, stocks gave up much of their gains ...

Prescriptions galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... Blicksilver, director of Marblehead Asset Management. LONDON - Europe's main stock indices inched higher, a day before a key ECB monetary policy meeting, helped by data showing a pickup in US job creation. London's FTSE 100 rose 0.10 per cent to close ...

Better than good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... economy, extending monitoring to qualitative measures and "real people behind the statistics", etc. - suggest that easy monetary policy would stay not till the economy comes good but... if it comes better than good.