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Christmas in October

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
... stimulus measure surprises - promised and actual - sent investors a-carolling last week. More stimulus is on the way! This was ECB boss Mario Draghi's early Xmas present to the markets. The only question is the form - NIRP, increase in the €60 billion ...

Santa Mario brings cheers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... Only two days before, most have given up expecting more goodies from "Super 'whatever it takes' Mario". No mas, not after the ECB's Bank Lending Survey showed that QE is doing what's intended to do - ease lending conditions. So 'twas baby what a big ...

Quantitative easing eases bank lending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015

Central banks of the world, coordinate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015

Not happy Jan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... such as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) but more pointedly for the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the European Central Bank (ECB). RBA Gov Glenn presented his rationale before the Australian Parliament's economics committee on why the Fed should lift: "The ...

Super Mario returns fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... region. The euro dropped to as low as US$1.1085 while we slept after the Super one announced that the European Central Bank (ECB) raised the cap of sovereign bonds it could buy from 25% of each issue to 33%, QE will continue to proceed as planned - until ...

One down, two to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
Following on from China's "rule of three", the ECB has three of its own. The minutes of the European Central Bank's (ECB) 15-16 July meeting revealed the three things that are keeping the governing council members awake at night - Greece, China and ...

PBOC does an SNB

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
... abandoned its defence of the franc early this year - in anticipation of being drowned by the flood of franc shoppers ahead of the ECB's QE? The PBOC knows that because of the yuan's semi-peg to the US dollar, the yuan would appreciate alongside the greenback ...

Too much ado about a speck

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... action is "currency war" and currency intervention. Duh! What did they think the Fed's aim was when it was QE-ing?...and the ECB?...and the BOJ? Not one's accusing them of being currency manipulators. Now the narrative has changed - China's action would ...

Five minutes of commodity sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... fresh a,-86B rescue package and hopes to get the first tranche by 20 August - the same day its next debt repayment to the ECB is due. China happy, Europe happy, Wall Street happy - the S&P 500 up 1.3% -- happier still courtesy of Warren. Buffet's Berkshire ...