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Gold starts to glisten (like 2008?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
... ounce in November 2008 to a record high US$1,900.30/ounce by September 2011 - thanks to successive QEs, lowered interest rates, Grexit speculations and the European debt crisis, among others. Gold is again surging as central banks try to goose the system ...

Who can dig a deeper hole?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... negative if it becomes necessary. Last night, "it has become necessary" for the Riksbank. The Swedish central bank cut interest rates by 15 bps down to minus 0.5% and stated that it would continue buying government bonds over the next six months to support ...

Yellen fedspeaks her mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... persistent, could weigh on the outlook for economic activity and the labor market, although declines in longer-term interest rates and oil prices provide some offset." Same old, same old assessment naturally gets the same old, same old hand over heart ...

Small not feeling beautiful

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
While continued US labour market strength supports the Fed's decision to lift interest rates back in December and its forecasts for more lifts this year, weakening activity indicators released since - not to mention still below target inflation - indicate ...

Who spooked the greenback?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... dollar buying - that was "extrapolated" to keep on rising on expectations that the Fed would continue to raise interest rates this year. But US dollar strength is starting to negatively impact the US economy as evidenced by the latest ISM manufacturing ...

Aussie economy rebalancing okay

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney today, Australia and New Zealand managing director Scott Haslem said lower interest rates in Australia have helped cash-flow for consumers and supported the housing sector. He said it had also helped push the ...

Core holdings will be lacklustre in 2016: SSGA

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... digit with some differentiation between geographies. The US, he continued, is likely to be a laggard amid rising interest rates. In Europe Anderson said domestically focused companies would likely outperform their global peers. Japan continues to be ...

BOJ goes negative to get postive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... willingness and the determination to act" comes a positive surprise from the Bank of Japan (BOJ) in the form of negative interest rates. Move over QE and QQE (you too, Operation Twist), we have a new policy measure lexicon in town - and its name is "Quantitative ...

Cheers to unmet expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
... inflation rate at the bottom end of the RBA's 2%-3% target, the Australian central bank has the scope to lower interest rates if it becomes necessary.

Economic experts still defensive in 2016

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... 2015. The panel has consistently viewed international property as the asset class most inflated by globally low interest rates and most at risk when the global interest rate cycle starts to turn. The impact on longer-term bond yields was expected to ...