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US Fed cleared for lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
... inflation curve. This is what the Fed's indicating - its confidence over demand growth sustainability - when it lifts interest rates in 10 days' time. The certainty of a lift-off is made more certain by the absence of tantrums from the financial markets ...

Fairy tales may come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... following a "downwardly revised 4.4% decline in the second quarter. And China? Why oh why do you think the PBOC has cut interest rates six times since November last year and is expected to do some more? But let's not stop at China, there's Europe -- ...

Swiss franc surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... foreign exchange market to influence monetary conditions". The SNB has every reason to intervene for despite negative interest rates, the franc's strength is taking its toll on growth - Switzerland narrowly missed falling into a technical recession with ...

Chill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... enough to turn inflation expectations into deflation expectations but low enough to provide the RBA scope to lower interest rates some more if necessary. But for now, the indications from its dual mandates suggest it is not - and the RBA may not have ...

Pension funds globally face solvency issues

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... the outlook is one of concern and it is basically on the nature of the promises made. The adverse effect of low interest rates on the liability side of pension funds and insurance companies is higher when the liabilities consist of fixed investment returns ...

Road of no return

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... forced a policy turnaround as soon as November of that same year and now it finds itself not only with negative interest rates but also printing euros... and promising to print some more next month. Again, this brings us back to the Fed's caveat, that ...

Pepared for "lift-off" watch out for "ceasing"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... agency mortgage-backed securities and of rolling over maturing Treasury securities at auction". Certainly, higher interest rates would have a flow on effect on the economy and the stock market but as the strong correlation between the S&P 500 index and ...

Japan does a double double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
... monetary policy statements, it could not will sustained growth and inflation. At its October meeting - where it kept interest rates unchanged at 0-0.1% and maintained JGB purchases at an annual pace of ¥80 trillion - the BOJ reiterated its positive ...

Paris adds to the "why nots" for a December lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... depreciations may expose financial vulnerabilities." Also, "The organization said that the Federal Reserve should lift interest rates at a cautious pace as it highlighted the still low level of inflation in the U.S. even after six years of expansion." ...

MetLife reports 61pct global earnings slump

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
... Kandarian, this drop can be attributed to "macroeconomic factors, including foreign currency, equity markets and interest rates, as well as a previously announced non-cash tax-related charge." He added, "While it was a difficult quarter, we are pleased ...