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Paris adds to the "why nots" for a December lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... currency implies for commodity prices and to US exports, particularly given the slowdown in China (new target 6.5%) and the Eurozone (real GDP growth eased to 0.3% in the third quarter from 0.4% in the second) and Japan (forecast to fall into another ...

Hotel California

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
... millisecond that the ECB and the PBOC did what they did out of the goodness of their heart? Or that the central banks of the Eurozone and China were merely playing Kris Kringles to see if they can still move markets? Double-duh! What happened in the ...

Christmas in October

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
... could encourage the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to follow suit, after all its economy is the weakest compared with that of the Eurozone and China. The BOJ meets on 30 October. But before this, we get to hear and read and parse and dissect the words of Janet ...

Quantitative easing eases bank lending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015

FEATURE: Investing in a world on hold

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... won't do so well when rates go up." The age of divergence With the US and the United Kingdom ready to raise rates and the Eurozone and Japan still undertaking quantitative easing policies, volatility is set to increase everywhere once rates rise in the ...

Nikko downgrades equities stance

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... stance. The committee noted that Europe and Japan will outperform over the next six months, with the committee lifting Eurozone equities to overweight after two successful quarters of underweighting. "Eurozone equity prices should rebound after two quarters ...

Central banks of the world, coordinate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015

Bad news day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... lower commodity prices and the ill effects they have on commodity exporting countries, including Australia. There's the Eurozone where growth remains subdued and deflation still a risk. Not to mention, the on-going influx of refugees into the region ...

Super Mario returns fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... fired! Yes Virginia, Super Mario returned overnight and shot down the euro, putting smiles on the faces of holders of Eurozone stocks - Stoxx 600 up 2.4% -- and bonds - 10-year yields fell across the region. The euro dropped to as low as US$1.1085 while ...

Gloom and doom news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... calmed and so did anxieties regarding the devastating effects of the tsunami/nuclear meltdown in Japan. This time the Eurozone crisis threatens to re-start again for who knows what PM Tsipras' resignation and the subsequent snap elections in Greece brings ...