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Better than good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... "bad" deflation threats. And it may get even better. Recent pronouncements by the US Federal Reserve (Fed) and the Bank of England (BOE) - dropping their unemployment rate thresholds, including overall slack in the economy, extending monitoring to qualitative ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... The ECB also kept its key interest rates unchanged for the fourth month in a row at 0.25 per cent. Likewise, the Bank of England voted to keep its main interest rate at 0.50 per cent. HONG KONG - Asian markets rose as Western and Russian leaders tried ...

G-20 goes for growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... put on paper an explicit growth target. For two, three of the world's biggest central banks - the Fed and the Bank of England (BOE) - were already acting to ensure growth is assured even before the pledge by guiding forward expectations that they won't ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... Britain's jobless rate firmed to 7.2 per cent in the quarter to December, official data showed, easing pressure on the Bank of England to raise interest rates. The euro gained to $US1.3761 from $US1.3756 late in New York on Tuesday. HONG KONG - Asian ...

Confusing versus credible

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... is, guessing. I sorta touched on this lightly yesterday, but it's made the news today with the release of the Bank of England's (BOE) Quarterly Inflation Report. Imported BOE Governor Mark Carney is also doing a Yellen cum Bullard and "elaborated" on ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... 100 benchmark index gave up 0.25 per cent to 6,681.08 points on Wednesday, as investors also digested news that Bank of England policy makers were united in maintaining monetary policy earlier this month. The CAC 40 in Paris slid 0.09 per cent to 4,268.37 ...

CB onslaught

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... given an intimate look at the debates and discussions on monetary policy at the US Federal Reserve (Fed), the Bank of England (BOE) and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) when these central banks released the minutes of their October meetings. Dull ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... tumbled 1.44 per cent on Wednesday to 6,630 points as traders took a drop in unemployment and a statement by the Bank of England that Britain's economic recovery "has finally taken hold" as a sign that interest rates will rise sooner than expected. Frankfurt's ...

Move the goalpost Mark

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... -Dick Dastardly (Wacky Races) Sir Mervyn King must be ruing the day that he finished his term as governor of the Bank of England (BOE) only less than five months ago (June). Now it's a non-Briton who'll be given the credit for all the wonderful things ...

Victim of success

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... success. The bad news is that these positive developments are beginning to spark rate hike speculation despite the Bank of England's (BOE) 'forward guidance' that it would keep interest rates at their current low levels until the unemployment rate falls ...