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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... 0.1% dip and represents the first annual drop in three years (March 2013). The disappointing result confirmed the BOE and IMF's recent statements that 'Brexit" uncertainty is weighing down investment with the BOE even warning of risks to the economy ...

Down, down prices are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... of Australia's discussion of the Australian dollar could be out of line". "The Office of the US Executive Director at the IMF (OUSED) expressed concern over the [Australian] authorities' public statements on the desired direction of the exchange rate" ...

No more tears?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
... risk assets -- have gone up, up and away in the week ended 15 April -- the very week when the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recalibrated its growth forecasts for the world... and found it slowing even more than its previous guesses. In its April ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... recent positive releases - such as the improvement in PMI (both Caixin and official measure) in March -- giving credence to the IMF's recent upgrade of its 2016 China growth forecast from 6.3% to 6.5%. Chinese exports jumped by 11.5% to US$160.9 billion ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
IMF World Economic Outlook Another 3 months, another downgrade. In its April World Economic Outlook (WEO) update, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has yet again revised down its global growth forecasts. The IMF now expects the global economy to ...

Janet's words stronger than BOJ and ECB bazookas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... among others. Overall the US dollar index is down 4.1% this year. Perhaps now The Office of the US Executive Director at the IMF (OUSED) would stop whinging about the Australian dollar. Last month, SBS reported that "The US Treasury has aired a complaint ...

IMF Bentham announces $30m bond issue

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
IMF Bentham has announced the launch of a bond issue of $30 million to be made available to wholesale investors such as institutional, private and SMSF investors. Arranged by FIIG Securities, the four year and three month fixed rate senior secure issue ...

And then there's gonna be five

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... Monetary Fund's basket of reserve currencies known as Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) come 1 October 2016. Anti-climax because the IMF's official announcement was rendered moot after IMF head honha Christine Lagarde told all and sundry on 13 November that ...

Christmas in October

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
... much as 50% over its benchmark rate). A move largely seen as a step towards greater interest rate liberalisation - one of the IMF's pre-conditions in including the yuan in its SDR (Special Drawing Rights) basket of currencies. I'll give what they're ...

Reversal of fortunes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... by China" (AFR) - yes, again reportedly triggered by China, seems like a distant memory now. Yet in the same week that the IMF slashed 2015 and 2016 global growth projections and after the disappointing September US jobs numbers (and nothing to suggest ...