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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... quality, and the interest rate -- if it is judged necessary for achieving the price stability target. BOE on hold The Bank of England (BOE) sat on its hands and kept policy unchanged - Bank rate at 0.5% and asset purchases at £375 billion - on 16 June ...

Easier for as long as necessary?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... a number of central banks and their boards met to discuss money policy. While the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the Bank of England (BOE) kept monetary policy unchanged - and despite at differing stages in their economic cycles - both offered soothing words. ...

We've got the power and firepower (still)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... of 'em CBs meeting to deliberating on their monetary settings this week. The Swiss National Bank (SNB) and the Bank of England (BOE) are widely expected to keep their respective policies unchanged. Financial market focus would gravitate more towards ...

Investor group welcomes carbon disclosure inquiry

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016

Standard Life Investments sponsors 2017 Lions tour

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... British & Irish Lions tour of New Zealand. The global asset manager will sponsor the famous red jersey of the combined England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland rugby union team, replacing the association with HSBC. "Standard Life Investments is a perfect ...

December moves

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... data - November payrolls (reported on 4 December) and CPI (out on the 15th). It's as certain as sure that the Bank of England (BOE) would remain in the sidelines until at least the second quarter of 2016. Only a very few could argue against these central ...

PROFILE: Blue Sky managing director Mark Sowerby

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... "A lot of people asked me what it was like to get to the cliffs, to finish and to be back on the boat heading back to England. There was no euphoria, there was no joyful moment, no moment of achievement or anything like that. It was just relief; pure ...

Holding pattern

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... expected to start increasing its policy rate over the period ahead..." (whenever that "period ahead" may be). The Bank of England (BOE) is scheduled to meet tonight and it would be a big surprise if it decides to alter present monetary policy settings. ...

Comparative advantage

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... change." The way the world economy and financial markets is "surprising us" this very moment, gives more credence to Bank of England (BOE chief economist Andy Haldane's words spoken at the Portadown Chambers of Commerce in Northern Ireland a day after ...

Yuan stable (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... when the yuan becomes a truly international currency and allowed to trade freely in international markets. The Bank of England (BOE) tried it before - in 1992 - and failed. The BOE reportedly sold around A£15 billion worth of reserves in a day trying ...