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Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... down 1.4% to date. Perhaps, this is because everyone is on wait mode - even the Japanese government and even the Bank of Japan (BOJ) - waiting to see how the "three arrows" versus the consumption tax hike (raised to 8% from 5% on 1 April 2014) plays ...

Fear me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... banks and their commitment to benevolence towards financial markets. Never mind the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan that are expected to shower the people with more love sooner rather than later. Never you mind them. But look at how the Fed's ...

Because I'm happy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... quarter. No worries, this is better than market expectations for a 7.0% contraction. No worries, PM Abe and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) factored in this give back after the growth spurt in the March quarter (up 6.1% annualised) before they went ahead and ...

Arrows and more arrows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... from 2.0%. Smile! It's steady as the Fed goes... and wouldn't be in a rush to raise interest rates. Hip, hip... The Bank of Japan (BOJ) might be salivating at getting inflation numbers like these. Like most other events, the bank's Board meeting last ...

Down one day, dip buying the next

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... and 3.7 percent sales increase." (Bloomberg) To be sure, new scares our way would come... but the Fed's - and the Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank and the Bank of England - explicit promise to keep policy accommodative for as long as necessary ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... cent, or 119.84 points, to 15,416.66 on Tuesday thanks to the weaker yen, with investors largely unmoved by the Bank of Japan's expected decision to stand pat on monetary policy. Seoul jumped 0.94 per cent, or 18.84 points, to end at 2,012.72 and Sydney ...

Third arrow, broken arrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
... year with its stupendous 56.7% return... and certainly not with interest rates at bargain basement rates and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) right in the midst of liquidity pumping. The Japanese stock market's underperformance to date could be due to the yen's ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... reversed morning losses following upbeat Chinese data. The US dollar and euro rose against the yen on Friday after the Bank of Japan said it would stand pat on its stimulus program despite fears over April's sales tax hike. Tokyo ended up 0.80 per cent ...

The kindness of central banks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
... rate hikes (when they come) would come ever so slowly - the same script the Bank of England's (BOE) following. The Bank of Japan's (BOJ) still QE-ing a-plenty, and depending on how recently-lifted consumption tax affects consumer spending... could QE ...

Losing shine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... recession. The Fed is withdrawing stimulus, engendering renewed trust in fiat money and easing inflation fears. The Bank of Japan is in the midst of turning deflation into inflation while the European Central Bank is about to take action to ensure low-flation ...