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Water, water everywhere but nothing to drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
... higher in the early days of the New Year. This would have been a positive indication that aggressive fiscal and monetary policy counter-pandemic measures have succeeded. Indeed, along with easing social restrictions and the re-opening of businesses due ...

Inflation to persist in 2022: Aviva

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JAN 2022
... will lead to emergency policy settings no longer being needed. He also thinks that central banks will tighten monetary policy slowly but steadily in coming years, but will the pace and timings will vary across different regions. Turning to the share ...

Knight Frank releases 2022 outlook

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
... said that, despite taking the first steps to tighten policy, central banks will maintain a very accommodative monetary policy by historical standards, which will keep bond yields anchored at relatively low levels. "Significantly higher interest rates ...

Economic recap: Week to November 26

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
... and underlying sustained inflation pressures to assess the need for, and timing of, reductions in the level of monetary policy stimulus." Rising inflation has also prompted the Bank of Korea to raise interest rates in November - the second in three months. ...

Economic recap: Week to November 12

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
... important because it would dictate future RBA actions - whether it would succumb to bond market bullying or conduct monetary policy as it sees appropriate given current and expected economic and inflation considerations. Reading between the lines of ...

Economic recap: Week to November 5

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
... is transitory, while at the same time promising that, "the Committee would be prepared to adjust the stance of monetary policy as appropriate if risks emerge that could impede the attainment of the Committee's goals". While financial markets generally ...

Economic recap: Week to October 22

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... seasons of high inflation that eventually will find its way into inflation expectations... and the consequent monetary policy response. Tightening policy would certainly lessen the "demand pull" side of the inflation equation but I don't think it ...

NZ Super Fund delivers 30%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
... returns. "With markets continuing to perform strongly and economies rebounding, supported by accommodative fiscal and monetary policy around the world, we're possibly looking at a period of increasing inflation and rising interest rates. That combination ...

Economic recap: Week to August 27

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... event of this year. The mountain resort in Wyoming had, after all, been the staging ground for some momentous monetary policy shifts by the US Federal Reserve. Only last - when the war against the pandemic began - the Fed announced a change in its monetary ...

Future Fund boasts 22.2% returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021
... technology." "It has heightened pre-existing tensions between global powers. It has led to more extreme forms of monetary policy and even more expansive fiscal policy. It has accelerated the rise of bigger government."