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New masters of universe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... developments". Got that? "...readings on financial developments". It's quite different across the Atlantic where the Bank of England (BOE) may already have its finger on the trigger as BOE governor Mark Carney explained to his audience at the Institute ...

Thrills, spills and chills

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... vote to win. So what's the point of wasting bits and bytes on it? We've gone full circle to speculating when the Bank of England (BOE) would raise interest rates in the United Kingdom (yup, that includes Scotland). Last week there was China too - all ...

Anticipatory and moderate adjustments had become necessary

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... newspaper on the eve of his visit to the United Kingdom last June - and reiterated during his speech before the Bank of England (BOE) a few days later. "China's economy needs to grow at a proper rate, expected to be around 7.5 per cent this year. It ...

NAB prepares contingency plan if Scots vote 'Yes'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... nation. NAB Group chief executive Andrew Thorburn said that in the case of a 'yes' vote, registration of Clydesdale Bank in England "would provide greater clarity going forward." "This contingency plan gives our Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank customers ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... pound rallied on easing concerns about Scotland's independence vote and hawkish comments from the governor of the Bank of England on interest rates. Tokyo on Thursday climbed 0.76 per cent, or 120.42 points, to finish at an eight-month high of 15,909.20. ...

Carried away by the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014

PROFILE: ME Bank CEO Jamie McPhee

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... a day in the profession for which he trained: civil engineering. Instead, on leaving university he headed straight to England to pursue a cricketing career in the Birmingham League. The highlight of his cricketing days, he says, was captaining an Australia ...

Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... the phenomenon of "polarization"--that is, the reduction in the relative number of middle-skill jobs." Deputy Bank of England governor Ben Broadbent adds: The output data are no longer sufficient statistics for inflationary pressure: even if you have ...

Fear me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... the people with more love sooner rather than later. Never you mind them. But look at how the Fed's Janet and the Bank of England's Mark changed their respective goalposts time and again to rationalise delaying the first hike in their respective interest ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... easing, remains high. LONDON - European stock markets clawed back some ground despite weak eurozone data as the Bank of England hinted that a widely anticipated rate rise might be put on hold. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index gained 0.37 per cent to ...