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Fed on Zero Interest Rate Policy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
... lower interest rates, benchmark rates at the world's two biggest central banks - the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan - are already close to the floor. The fed funds target rate is at 2 per cent and the BoJ discount rate is at 0.5 per cent. The ...

Soup for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... liquidity in amounts of up to $30 billion by the Bank of Canada, $80 billion by the Bank of England, $120 billion by the Bank of Japan, $15 billion by Danmarks Nationalbank, $240 billion by the ECB, $15 billion by the Norges Bank, $30 billion by the ...

Dec 2007 redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... December 2007 in response to the credit crunch. Last night, there were 6 major central banks - which included the Bank of Japan to the previous 5 central banks - working together and the amount of funding has been increased by another US$247 billion. ...

Whac-a-mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... expected to remain sticky and come in at an annual rate of 2.6 per cent in August from 2.5 per cent in July. Japan: The Bank of Japan's Monetary Policy Board meeting will be the key focus this week. Although this is likely to be a non-event with market ...

The saga continues

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... helped lift German investor confidence from a record low of -63.9 in July to -55.5 in August. Closer to home, the Bank of Japan left interest rates unchanged at 0.5 percent and noted that it has a negative view on Japan's economic growth given high inflation ...

More worries for US financials

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
... Rightmove, 'The lack of mortgage finance is central to the problem." Today's financial market activity will focus on the Bank of Japan's decision on interest rates and the minute of the Reserve Bank of Australia's August monetary policy meeting. Markets ...

Watching the US$ and commodities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... in higher with an increase of 3.2 percent following the 3.0 percent rise posted in the previous month. Japan: The Bank of Japan (BoJ) meets this week to decide on the country's monetary policy setting. With Japan teetering on the brink of a recession ...

Central bank watch

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
... statement could provide the market with clues on Fed thinking over the near term direction of interest rates. Japan: The Bank of Japan has no meeting scheduled this week but if it did, expectations would also be for steady rates at 0.50 percent on the ...

Fed Gloom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... financial sector and the slowing economy might force the Fed to ease before the year is over. In other news, the Bank of Japan left interest rates unchanged at 0.5 percent as expected but lowered its forecast for Japanese economic growth to 1.2 percent ...

This Week's Market Movers (14-18 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... permits and housing starts, released on Thursday, should confirm ongoing weakness in the US housing market. Japan The Bank of Japan's (BoJ) Monetary Policy Board meets on Monday to deliberate on the country's interest rate setting. The BoJ has kept interest ...