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COVID-19 is not the only factor: deVere

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
... He said investors need to be focusing on other markers like the price of gold and oil, and watch international monetary policy measures closely. "There is a concern that the all-encompassing COVID-19 news could prevent investors from tracking other key ...

Chief economist update: BOK holds as infections ease

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... rebounding by 5.4% from the March 19 low. These, perhaps factored into Bank of Korea's (BOK) decision to keep monetary policy settings unchanged at its 9 April meeting. So does the fact that the Korean central bank announced policy easing measures ...

Chief economist update: COVID-infected Aussie stats trickle in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
Ho-hum. Financial markets widely expected the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision to keep monetary policy settings unchanged at its April meeting especially so soon after announcing a comprehensive accommodation package the month before ...

RBA expands stimulus measures to states

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... The Reserve Bank of Australia has injected around $2 billion into state bonds, as it expands its unconventional monetary policy measures. The move comes as a bid to revive the ability of the states, particularly New South Wales and Victoria, to borrow ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 eating into jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... rate back to zero) to a US$700 billion QE and ultimately expanded into an open-ended one. With both fiscal and monetary policy working towards a common a goal -- restoring consumer, business and investor confidence - perhaps, this time, the optimism ...

Recovery expected in 2021: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... systems and protect affected workers and firms," she said. "We welcome the moves of major central banks to ease monetary policy. These bold efforts are not only in the interest of each country, but of the global economy as a whole. Even more will be ...

US turns to QE, RBA to follow

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... rapidity of any bounce back, may depend on the agility of the policy response," Miller said. "The capacity of monetary policy to remediate a supply shock is limited and as already noted the well is dry. "Having said that what centrals banks can do is ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus cures climate change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... emergency and announcement of US$50 billion fund to fight the coronavirus pandemic. This is in addition to a number of monetary policy support measures planned and already implemented by many central banks of the world. In China the PBOC announced targeted ...

Alternatives to lead the way: J.P. Morgan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... of the coronavirus from localized epidemic to global pandemic saw a striking change in expectations for looser monetary policy, meaning higher bond prices and lower yields." Craig said that while central banks willingness to act may cushion the market ...

Chief economist update: Coronaphobia sickens Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... 2020-2021. It's therefore hardly surprising that financial markets widely expect the BOJ to announce an easing monetary policy very, very soon. But with its policy rate at negative 0.1% and targets the 10-year JGBs at zero, it may have very little ...