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No guarantee

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... eco stats, the US Non-farm Payrolls report, did not contain any shocking information to change the Fed's thoughts on monetary policy. US employment increased by 175K in February. This is better than market expectations for a 150K. Better, December and ...

Fund managers expect clients to turn aggressive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... "It is not surprising that managers have expressed such unease at developed market governmental intervention, including monetary, fiscal, legislative and regulatory measures - given the impact developments such as QE tapering, US fiscal spending going ...

Action!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... dreaming"? But enough of flying pigs, Darryl and my dream. Here's what the BOJ decided after the conclusion of its two-day monetary policy deliberations yesterday. No change to monetary policy target. No surprises here. It will continue to conduct money ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... in May last year and was up by 1.1% as at December. All because of 'Abenomics' and the three arrows - fiscal stimulus, monetary stimulus and economic restructuring -- designed to lift the country's growth and inflation at the same time. First arrow. ...

FEATURE: The cost of cash

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... be thinking that if most of the price rise in non-tradable assets is due to government decision making [as a result of monetary policy being tightened in the US] then they will expect it to simply wash through the system. I think that inflation will ...

Confusing versus credible

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... not be raised at least until jobs, incomes and spending were growing at sustainable rates." But what happened to the Monetary Policy Council (MPC) would start considering lifting the Bank Rate when the unemployment rate hit the 7.0% threshold? Well ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... set to open higher following gains on international markets after new Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen's promise that monetary policy would continue and strong Chinese trade data. At 0850 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... Meanwhile, US stocks opened higher after new Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen told Congress she has no plans to change monetary policy set under predecessor Ben Bernanke.

You say threshold, I say trigger

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... policymakers estimate the longer-run normal rate of unemployment is between 5.2 and 5.8 percent. However, because changes in monetary policy affect the economy with a lag, policymakers recognize that it will be necessary to begin moving away from highly ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... futures contract was up 36 points at 5,239. Dr Yellen late Tuesday (AEDT) told Congress she had no plans to change the monetary policy set under her predecessor Ben Bernanke. In local economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases ...