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The BOE's got no problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
... (BOE) Monetary Policy Council (MPC) unanimously voted to raise the Bank Rate by 25 bps to 0.75% on August 2, BOE governor Mark Carney was quoted as saying: "The mistake is to always wait, wait, wait until you have perfect certainty," before acting on ...

Chief economist update: Do nothing RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England went ahead and raised interest rates, highlighting the truism of BOE Governor Mark Carney's words: "The mistake is to always wait, wait, wait until you have perfect certainty." Then again, the US and UK ...

Chief economist update: Heaven can wait but the BOE couldn't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
"The mistake is to always wait, wait, wait until you have perfect certainty." - Bank of England Governor Mark Carney The Bank of England (BOE) finally went ahead and did it. It lifted the Bank Rate by 25 basis points to 0.75% at the conclusion of its ...

Chief economist update: Rush hour is over for the BOE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
... marked the fourth straight quarter of decelerating year-on-year expansions. In his post-meeting press conference, BOE Governor Mark Carney stressed that the slowdown is due to adverse weather in February and March and that underlying growth is much more ...

Chief economist update: BOE fails market expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
... and the slowest rate of growth since the June 2012 quarter. Then again, in his post-meeting press conference, BOE Governor Mark Carney stressed that the slowdown is due to adverse weather in February and March and that UK's underlying growth is much ...

Chief economist update: Trump trumps Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... UK in 2017 (up from US$1 billion in the previous year). UK Prime Minister Theresa May and Bank of England (BOE) governor Mark Carney could at least focus on the domestic economy. While UK GDP growth slowed to annual rate of 1.4% in the year to the December ...

Climate change a real risk for investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), established by the Financial Stability Board, chaired by Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, to address systemic financial risk posed by climate change, the report said. Deutsche Asset Management released ...

Industry fund chases insurance giant on climate risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... ramifications for shareholders." The TCFD was established by the Financial Stability Board, chaired by Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, in order to address systemic financial risk posed by climate change.

Chief economist update: Three minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2018
... markets' take on central banks' greater transparency and forward guidance is best explained by Bank of England (BOE) governor Mark Carney. In his testimony before the UK Parliament's Treasury Committee, Carney remarked that, "...the financial markets ...

Two holds and a raise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... months in order to return inflation sustainably to target." And again just over a month later (17 October) when Governor Mark Carney testified before the UK Parliamentary Treasury Select Committee. "Having used up more spare capacity, having seen some ...