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May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... strong - that caused 'net exports' to be the biggest drag on first quarter growth. A sooner-rather-than-later - while the BOJ and the ECB are just in the early stages of their QE programmes, the PBOC's gearing up on expansionary policies and many other ...

That elusive 6000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... pressure on the Australian dollar. It's now fetching US$0.7866 up from this year's low of US$0.7533. As the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the European Central Bank (ECB) and every other "accommodating" central bank would tell you, we don't want that. And then ...

Steady with a chance of a surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
In three days time, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) will again meet to talk about monetary policy. Chances are there's little chance of a change in policy settings. The BOJ board would decide to keep settings as they did at the 7-8 April gabfest -- key interest ...

Floating in money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... of the "now" (not a typo, Mr. editor) normal of lower global growth. Spending money to make money. That's what the ECB and BOJ are currently doing with their QE's and in case you missed it, the BOE continues to maintain its asset purchase ceiling at ...

PMI surveys say...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... deterioration and at the same time ensure that PM Li gets his lowered growth target of 7.0%. All the money that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) has thrown at its problem thus far appears to have been going to nought - like its zero percent interest rate - in ...

A win-win currency war?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... "expected" to raise interest rates one day while the other central banks are still on the race to the bottom with the ECB and the BOJ digging even deeper and the BOE continues to maintain the ceiling of its asset buying programme at A£375 billion, mind ...

You sexy thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... those that have already hit the pavement are digging some more with negative interest rates (Swiss National Bank) or QE-ing (BOJ and ECB). All designed to shoo investors away from their national legal tenders and towards the arms of the US dollar so ...

I cut, you cut, I cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
... it'll be patient for a little while longer (and still re-investing the proceeds of its asset purchases), the Bank of Japan (BOJ) that's in the midst of QE or the European Central Bank (ECB) that's about to kick-off its QE, perhaps as early as this week. ...

Fight or be beggared by the neighbours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... remains decent at around 2.3%, the re-strengthening of the A$ -- and lower oil prices, and lower domestic demand, and ECB and BOJ QE's, and Fed and BOE on hold - would ultimately pressure it down. The RBA does not want this and could want to pre-empt ...

BOJ optimistic as forever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
As expected, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) announced no surprises following the conclusion of its 17-18 February monetary policy Board meeting. "The Bank of Japan will conduct money market operations so that the monetary base will increase at an annual pace ...