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Chief economist update: No cheers as RBA hits inflation target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... temporary, underscored by the revision in its June 2020 headline CPI forecast to 1.6% (February 2020 Statement on Monetary Policy) from 1.9% (November 2019 SoMP). Then COVID-19 this way came... igniting panic-buying (towards the end of the first quarter). ...

BlackRock turns optimistic on credit

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... eventual recovery. Europe is more dependent on foreign trade." Japan equities are underweight (limited fiscal and monetary policy room for its central bank) while EM equities are neutral (cheaper valuations but COVID-19 is testing public health care ...

Chief economist update: BOJ expands Enhancement of Monetary Easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) added another monetary policy term to our vocabulary at its March 2020 meeting - Enhancement of Monetary Easing - as it tries to limit the economic fallout from the coronavirus. It had the same label for its expanded policy initiative ...

Chief economist update: Turns out Brexit was heaven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... global growth has stabilised, reflecting the partial easing of trade tensions and the significant loosening of monetary policy by many central banks over the past year," he said. "Global business confidence and other manufacturing indicators have generally ...

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 ...