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I wish I may, I wish I might

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... geo-politics, geo-health providing downside risks; the greater the threat to growth, the less appetite central banks (Fed and BOE) to normalise monetary policy or provide more stimuli (ECB and BOJ and PBOC) until the risks go away and economies gets ...

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 ...

Average September on average

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... the British pound (from 1.66). While the green stuff may not appreciate much against the pound - given expectations that the BOE would raise rates earlier than the Fed - expectations of more easing by the ECB and the BOJ would further upward pressure ...

Thrills, spills and chills

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... 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 the nasties ...

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 ...

A tale of two A's

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... jawboning (after all this time, Gov Glen's jaw finally worked?), and of course, of course, speculation that the Fed and the BOE's are going for liftoff sooner than you, I and Irene expect which, in turn, would prompt unwinding of carry trades. And oh ...

Carried away by the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... points. Investors weighed news of a drop in British unemployment amid weak wages growth, which pushed back expectations that BoE interest rates could climb before the end of the year. That in turn pushed sterling lower against the euro and dollar. Frankfurt's ...

Because I'm happy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... -- for it's even better in Britain. While the economy's definitely looking up in the United Kingdom, the Bank of England (BOE) has found another reason to delay raising borrowing costs. According to Governor Mark Carney, it's the slack: "In light of ...

All about the slack

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... Popeye (toot toot), "enough is enough and enough is too much".. And speaking of enough Virginia darling, the Bank of England (BOE) is in the midst of its monthly gabfest deliberating whether the UK economy is growing strong enough to withstand the first ...