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While America was shuttered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... the main reason for the RBA's wish for a cheaper Australian dollar, the PBOC controlling the yuan's appreciation and, the BOJ's launch of massive monetary stimulus back in April. But a cheaper currency brings economic benefits only if inflation is low ...

Central banks rule

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
... renewed political uncertainty in Italy caused (again) by no other than our bunga-bunga boy fiend, Berlusconi. It's also the BOJ. Japan's just approved the lifting of the consumption tax from 5% to 8% come April next year. The same move in 1997 that returned ...

Onto the next worry: Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013

Let 'em rip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013

India's triple dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... that extra kick that the economy needs - never mind 'beggaring the neighbours'. This is the reason why the Bank of Japan (BOJ) embarked on a gargantuan monetary policy stimulus back in April (although the BOJ says it is targeting the economy, not the ...

Clear as crystal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... Yes my lovely, Uncle Ben's brought back the risk of deflation last night. You only have to look at what the Bank of Japan (BOJ) is currently doing to turn deflation back into inflation -- it's QE-ing massively - to realise Ben's mention of the D-word ...

The others

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... level since May 2011 - from an upwardly revised 51.5 in the previous month. Manufacturing is also on the mend in Japan. The BOJ's Tankan survey of business manufacturing sentiment increased to a reading of plus 4 in the June quarter - the first positive ...

Oh how welcome thy voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... doubts that our 'exit' is distant and our monetary policy is and will remain accommodative." There were no words from the BOJ...but then we all know its right in the midst of aggressive, unlimited monetary expansion policy.

Empty orchestra

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... -When You Say Nothing At All It was all going so swimmingly - the three arrows were hitting their marks - until Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Haruhiko Kuroda opened his mouth. In the country that invented the karaoke, I'm pretty sure Kuroda san has done ...

The day the music died

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... and lower-than-expected China manufacturing PMI - not good for exports. There was the spike in 10-year JGB yields following BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda's 'revelation' to expect bond yields to rise as the economy improved (at the same time that his bank ...