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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."

Economic recap: Week to July 30

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... 6.3% rate but was well-below market predictions for an acceleration to 8.5%. The Fed announced no change in in monetary policy on the same day (29 July) the GDP growth figures were released. However, the US central bank hinted that it could start "tapering" ...

Economic recap: Week to July 23

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... on monetary at the conclusion of its 22 July meeting, it changed its its forward guidance. In line with its new monetary policy strategy - symmetric 2% inflation target - the ECB wouldn't be in a rush raise interest rates as soon as inflation reach ...

Top economist Don Stammer to fund UNE scholarship

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... their later appointments to the position of governor - but in my view, each provided outstanding leadership of monetary policy and financial reform." Stammer is known by his peers and colleagues for his humility, which belies his career trajectory that ...

Economic recap: Week to July 9

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... higher commodity prices on business production and operation, the meeting decided to maintain the stability of the monetary policy and enhance its effectiveness, without resorting to massive stimulus," he said. "Cuts in the required reserve ratio and ...

Chief economist update: Local and foreign love affair with Australian property

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2021
... improvement in the domestic labour market and the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) continued accommodative monetary policy.

Chief economist update: Delta variant infects Australian economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
... beast." - The Eagles, 'Hotel California' Only a few days after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept monetary policy settings unchanged and repeated its assurance that interest rates will remain at the record low 0.1% "until 2024 at the earliest" ...