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A "must do" for the ECB

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2016
Latest euro area inflation data released by Eurostat has all but ensured that ECB President Mario Draghi will make good on his 21 January promise to "...reconsider our monetary policy stance at our next meeting in early March" aka increase policy stimulus. ...

A "chilling" moment for the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... If you ask moi, my answer would be it depends. It depends on the actions of other central banks. The European Central Bank (ECB) meets on the 10th of March. It's already promised action at this meeting. Speculations are it would take the deposit rate ...

A negative sum game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... are doing fine, but the "global economy" presents the biggest threat to their growth and inflation objectives. This was the ECB's message in its 21 January statement: "developments in the real economy... have improved. Yet, as we start the new year ...

Gold starts to glisten (like 2008?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
... surging as central banks try to goose the system with more liquidity and this time, negative interest rates. The BOJ and the ECB are pumping yen and euros - both have embarked on negative interest rate policy with promises to do more "if it becomes necessary". ...

Who can dig a deeper hole?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... and to minus 0.75% a month later. We now know that the Swiss National Bank and the Riskbank quickly followed suit and the ECB has taken its deposit facility rate deeper into negative (minus 0.30%) only last December - and could take it down some more ...

Global central banks going for the cut

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... the exception of the Fed, central banks are doing more rather than less. We saw it with the Bank of Japan and we expect the ECB to move further into negative territory. Those cuts are likely. It's a consistent theme."

Strength in (A$) weakness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... trying to cheapened their currencies to stimulate their economies and export deflation elsewhere... anywhere but at home. The ECB promised more to come next month and the BOJ could do more "if it is judged necessary for achieving the price stability ...

BOJ goes negative to get postive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
A week and a day after equity markets welcomed Super Mario Draghi's announcement that the European Central Bank (ECB) would "review and possibly reconsider our monetary policy stance at our next meeting in early March in order to secure a return of ...

Doom(ed) rebound?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... are now promising to deal us a winning hand. Super "whatever it takes" Mario started the ball rolling, announcing that the ECB would "review and possibly reconsider our monetary policy stance at our next meeting in early March in order to secure a return ...

It's "whatever it takes" time again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
Woe is us! Just as the European Central Bank (ECB) appears to be winning its fight against inflation, justifying its less-than-expected "go slow" on stimulus policy announcement last 3 December, crude oil comes along. Though minimal, latest Eurozone ...