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Chocolate biscuits and animal spirits

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... animal spirits a they try to discern the outlook for the Australian economy. 'Animal spirits' is, of course, what RBA Governor Glenn Stevens said was "... the thing that is most needed now" but "is something monetary policy can't directly cause." in ...

Average September on average

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... our two objectives. So obviously we would take that into account." And again... obviously!... and obviously too, RBA Governor Glenn isn't one to complain.

The ECB can't make the horse drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... even at just 0.15% interest for four years only less than a quarter of the ECB's offer was taken up. Reminds me of RBA Governor Glenn's statement: "I've allowed the horse to come to the water with cheap funding. I can't make it drink." Some commentators ...

RBA to business: release the animal in you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... responds to ailments, I retorted. My own tit-for-tat with the "medically-learned one" came to mind as I was reading RBA Governor Glenn Stevens' "Opening Statement to House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics" in Brisbane yesterday (and ...

First quarter stasis and A$ ADHD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... to a four-month high (and rising?). The A$ fetched as high as US$0.9246 in overnight trade, reportedly following RBA Governor Glen's remarks at a Credit Suisse conference in Hong Kong that the Australian economy could grow above trend in the next 12-24 ...

A-dollar zero point six six

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... prices - and/or rising inflation - which slows growth and weakens the US dollar. And does anybody think that the RBA Governor Glen Stevens would sit idly by and hold "interest rates until 2016" if the dollar-A's drop to US$0.66 by end 2015 results in ...

That evil word is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... would, then perhaps...they will. But the longer it takes for the Fed to move, the greater my sympathy for our very own RBA Governor Glen and his jaw. He needs a taper to bring the A$ down and keep it there. His jaw's proving not to be enough.

Limbo of uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... 1.9% (from 2.7%) next year while at the same time warning of a 20% probability of a recession. There too was former RBA governor Bernie Fraser warning that the "good times have passed" for the Australian economy and "it is going to become tougher" and ...

Down, down, dollar down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
... parity. Was it the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)'s 25 basis pint reduction in the official cash rate last week and RBA Governor Stevens' promise to do more "should that be necessary to support demand" that did it? Was it the Druckenmiller/Soros effect? ...

Reversal of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... number. Recall too, that many expected the jobless rate to top 10.0% at the height of the GFC. Or perhaps, it is he, RBA Governor Glen Stevens, who's wrong when he told Australians all that, "...there are signs that the easier conditions are having some ...