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No new monetary policy moves on horizon: AB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... business models were increasingly battered by requirements to pay for keeping money on deposit with the European Central Bank. It was at this time, he says, that the focus started to shift toward the potential for fiscal policy to break the stalemate ...

Where's the Brexit-induced recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016

The twenty-first night of September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... by 0.7%, the Dow by 1.1% and the Nasdaq (since 1971) by 1.0% -- on average - during Septembers. Blame the European Central Bank (ECB) for setting the negative tone in the financial markets. While it kept monetary policy unchanged at its September meet ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... spending but at the same time is a positive for consumers' balance sheet. ECB policy As widely expected, the European Central Bank (ECB) kept policy unchanged at its September Governing Council meeting - the fifth straight month of unchanged monetary ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
... declines - from minus 7.9 in the previous month. The DG ECFIN flash estimate of the consumer confidence indicator for the European Union (EU) as a whole dipped by 0.1 point to minus 7.8 in August from minus 7.7 in July. Japan leading economic indicator ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
... beating market expectations for a minus 6.3 print. The Bank of England's (BOE) policy easing in August and the European Central Bank's (ECB) promise to act if necessary helped improve confidence.

Sell everything (again?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
... are: The major correction sparked by China would snowball; oil could fall as low as US$16 per barrel; Wall Street and European stocks will fall 10-20%, "with even an deeper slide for the FTSE 100 given its high weighting of energy and commodities companies. ...

Central bank Olympics - the race is on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... even before the opening ceremony of "Rio 2016" on the 3rd of August. Perhaps it was much too early but the European Central Bank (ECB) opted not to start running when at its governing council meeting on 21 July, it left monetary policy unchanged - refinancing ...

Bond investors must relax benchmark constraints

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... number of key central banks have put negative interest rates in place, including the Bank of Japan (BoJ), the European Central Bank and the central banks of Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland. Managing director of QIC's Global Liquid Strategies (GLS), Susan ...

Brexit - the Australian connection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... markets around the world, Australia's stock market took a beating from the United Kingdom's unexpected vote to leave the European Union (EU) at the referendum held on 23 June 2016. The All Ordinaries index dropped by 3.1% on the day the results were ...