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Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... because the benefits from trade will ultimately flow through to the entire economy. Tis the raison d'etre for the latest BOJ and ECB QEs and negative interest rates. Tis the reason for China starting to guide the yuan lower (again). Tis the reason behind ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... country's trade balance was due to the combined effects of a 1.0% increase in exports over the month and a 1.0% fall in imports. ECB on hold The European Central Bank (ECB) announced no change in monetary policy settings - repo rate at 0%; deposit rate ...

Minutes to disaster

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
... would be a positive for central banks trying to boost their economies or inflation or both such as the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan (BOJ). It would be disastrous for emerging markets - particularly for those with debts denominated ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... in Shanghai increased by 28.0% year-on-year last month while those in Beijing rose by 18.3%. Eurozone inflation After the ECB governing council met and kept policy unchanged last month, ECB president Mario Draghi remarked that the current policy is working ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... healthy labour market. Euro industrial production Not producing. This might as well refer to the European Central Bank's (ECB) QE and negative interest rate policy. But the story here is the disappointing euro industrial production result. Industrial ...

RBA envy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... meeting and surprise rate cut announcement). It could be said once again, that the RBA has done what the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) - with their quantitative easing and negative interest rates -- could only aspire to... a ...

May sell may go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... when it was widely expected to announce more largesse. Instead, we got BOJ governor Haruhiko Kuroda doing an impression of ECB president Mario Draghi. "There's absolutely no change to our stance of aiming to achieve two percent inflation at the earliest ...

Down, down prices are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... the Bank of Japan (BOJ) has repeated many many times that it is not targeting the yen, so have the European Central Bank (ECB)... and everyone and his dog are taking their words for it. Not so for the Reserve Bank of Australia. Cast your minds a month ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
ECB policy decision As expected, the European Central Bank (ECB) kept monetary policy unchanged - repo rate at 0%; marginal lending facility rate at 0.25%; deposit facility rate at minus 0.4%; monthly purchases at €80 billion - at its 21 April meeting. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
... previous month. Lower price pressure at the factory gate is almost certain to be passed onto consumers, further nullifying the ECB's attempts to raise inflation in the region. The ECB meets later tonight.