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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... quality, and the interest rate -- if it is judged necessary for achieving the price stability target. BOE on hold The Bank of England (BOE) sat on its hands and kept policy unchanged - Bank rate at 0.5% and asset purchases at £375 billion - on 16 June ...

Easier for as long as necessary?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... a number of central banks and their boards met to discuss money policy. While the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the Bank of England (BOE) kept monetary policy unchanged - and despite at differing stages in their economic cycles - both offered soothing words. ...

We've got the power and firepower (still)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... of 'em CBs meeting to deliberating on their monetary settings this week. The Swiss National Bank (SNB) and the Bank of England (BOE) are widely expected to keep their respective policies unchanged. Financial market focus would gravitate more towards ...

December moves

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... data - November payrolls (reported on 4 December) and CPI (out on the 15th). It's as certain as sure that the Bank of England (BOE) would remain in the sidelines until at least the second quarter of 2016. Only a very few could argue against these central ...

Holding pattern

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... expected to start increasing its policy rate over the period ahead..." (whenever that "period ahead" may be). The Bank of England (BOE) is scheduled to meet tonight and it would be a big surprise if it decides to alter present monetary policy settings. ...

Comparative advantage

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... change." The way the world economy and financial markets is "surprising us" this very moment, gives more credence to Bank of England (BOE chief economist Andy Haldane's words spoken at the Portadown Chambers of Commerce in Northern Ireland a day after ...

Yuan stable (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... when the yuan becomes a truly international currency and allowed to trade freely in international markets. The Bank of England (BOE) tried it before - in 1992 - and failed. The BOE reportedly sold around A£15 billion worth of reserves in a day trying ...

Gloom and doom news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... action by six of the world's biggest central banks - US Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Bank of Japan, Bank of England, Bank of Canada, Swiss National Bank. The only problem I have is determining if markets have already bottomed or whether there's ...

Water, water everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
Super Thursday. This is the term coined for the Bank of England's (BOE) data dump - announcing the monetary policy committee's (MPC) decision on interest rates, the MPC meeting minutes that led to the decision and the quarterly inflation report all ...

Lift-off on Carney's mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
It's now safe to go back in the waters... This, perhaps, was what's in Bank of England (BOE) governor Mark Carney mind when, a day after news of the Greek deal, he told the UK Treasury select committee that: "The point at which interest rates may begin ...