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US dollar downed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... December meeting" and his warning that, further US dollar strength could have "significant consequences" on the US economic outlook. Message: US Fed policy normalisation on ice... not only next month but the whole of 2016. As per Bloomberg, "Futures ...

Strength in (A$) weakness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... re-equilibrating of the economy for the central bank. "The exchange rate has continued its adjustment to the evolving economic outlook". This time, Gov Glenn didn't even have to use his jawbone to torture the dollar-A into submission. It went up above ...

Economic experts still defensive in 2016

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... sharemarket, overplaying risks to respective economies. The discussion earlier this month also said Australia's economic outlook continued to be one of slower-than-usual growth. "It's in much the same situation as the global economy, with growth constrained ...

Lift then back to zero (even negative)?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... generate additional increases in employment and a rise in inflation to our 2 per cent objective. Although the economic outlook, as always, is uncertain, I currently see the risks to the outlook for economic activity and the labour market as very close ...

PIMCO appoints world leaders to advisory board

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... attend the firm's annual Secular Forum in May of each year, where PIMCO's investment professionals discuss the economic outlook and its implications for markets over the next three to five years. "The Global Advisory Board is an unrivalled team of macroeconomic ...

Oil slip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... their revenue shortfall caused by the cheaper price of crude. And then, there's the matter of the weak global economic outlook.

Pepared for "lift-off" watch out for "ceasing"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... of the cessation or phasing out of reinvestments will depend on how economic and financial conditions and the economic outlook evolve." If a December lift-off happens as expected, "ceasing" would be the 2016 topic of speculations.

No December lift off? Small chance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... meeting. Nonetheless, they emphasized that the actual decision would depend on the implications for the medium-term economic outlook of the data received over the upcoming intermeeting period. Some others, however, judged it unlikely that the information ...

Inflation expectations says no

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... somewhat disappointing and, as always, we are closely monitoring developments that could affect our sense of the economic outlook and the risks surrounding that outlook." With less than 3 months to go before we say bye-bye to 2015, the Fed's still unsure ...

China puts another one in the bag

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... are mounting over the Middle Kingdom's slowing economy in recent months but even the IMF, in its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) -- released 6 October -- left its growth prediction for China's economy unchanged from July's 6.8% this year and 6.3% ...