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ECB to stay in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... to momma about, it certainly eases pressure on the ECB to do what the Fed's currently unwinding and the Bank of England's (BOE) about to do. At least, not on 8 May when the ECB's governing council next meets. Then again, perhaps it might not need to ...

Dumping dear momos

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... all these good news are the central banks' monetary policy actions, "forward guidance" and what have you's. The Fed and the BOE have already altered their thresholds so they have excuses to keep on pumping and/or keep interest rates low for longer. The ...

BOE has a problem to smile about

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
The Bank of England (BOE) is expected to do what the ECB and the BOJ and the Fed did before it when it meets tomorrow night - that is, keep monetary policy steady as she goes and of course... provide "forward guidance". The only difference is that BOE ...

Better than good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... deflation threats. And it may get even better. Recent pronouncements by the US Federal Reserve (Fed) and the Bank of England (BOE) - dropping their unemployment rate thresholds, including overall slack in the economy, extending monitoring to qualitative ...

G-20 goes for growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... on paper an explicit growth target. For two, three of the world's biggest central banks - the Fed and the Bank of England (BOE) - were already acting to ensure growth is assured even before the pledge by guiding forward expectations that they won't be ...

US Congress votes to raise debt ceiling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
Both houses of the US Congress have passed a bill to increase the US debt ceiling, with no additional debt ceiling increases expected to be needed until 2015. It was passed first in the House of Representatives 221 to 201 after an estimated 30 Republicans ...

Confusing versus credible

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... guessing. I sorta touched on this lightly yesterday, but it's made the news today with the release of the Bank of England's (BOE) Quarterly Inflation Report. Imported BOE Governor Mark Carney is also doing a Yellen cum Bullard and "elaborated" on forward ...

You say threshold, I say trigger

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... automatically lead to the immediate withdrawal of accommodative policy." Yup, use the "it's a threshold not a trigger" excuse. BOE Governor Mark Carney - who finds himself in the same "forward guidance" predicament - uses it, so why couldn't you? If ...

Emerging emerging markets concerns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
The Australian market is set to open lower when trade resumes after the Australia Day long weekend. Wall Street fell for the fifth consecutive session overnight, as investors wait on key economic developments in the US and global economy. At 0800 AEDT ...