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Economic recap: Week to November 5

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
... and the earlier-than-expected progress towards the inflation target." However, in the same breath, the Australian central bank also signalled that it's in no rush to raise rates. This is because it sees "underlying inflation to be no higher than ...

Economic recap: Week to October 29

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
... (from 3.3% in the June quarter) - both more than the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's (RBNZ) remit requiring the central bank to keep inflation within the 1% to 3%. What's the RBNZ to do? Raise interest rates of course to slow consumer spending ...

Economic recap: Week to October 22

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
It wasn't so long ago - before the COVID-19 pandemic struck to be precise - that every other central bank around the planet were hopin' and wishin' and prayin' for consumer price inflation to, at the very least, move higher to within ...

Fed to ban policymakers stock, bond trading

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
... place the Federal Reserve's investment and trading rules at the forefront among major federal agencies," the central bank said. "These tough new rules raise the bar high in order to assure the public we serve that all of our senior officials maintain ...

What family offices want: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021
... January 2021, was one of abnormality due to COVID-19, and traditional market assumptions were tested," she said. "Central bank intervention and massive fiscal stimulus turned a global economic shutdown into one of the strongest bull runs of the 21st ...

Economic recap: Week to October 8

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2021
Combine economic stagnation and rising inflation and what do we get? We get stagflation -- the financial markets' fear du'jour. It had been nearly half a century ago when the global economy have had its last encounter with stagflation. he first ...

Economic recap: Week to September 10

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is concerned but not alarmed at the growing cases of Delta variant infections that's wreaking havoc on the lives and livelihood in Australia's two biggest states - New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria (VIC). ...

Experts torn on inflation outlook

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... stance. He spoke in favour of inflation, pointing out that around the world inflation has consistently been below central bank targets. "Policy makers, central banks need to find the right dosage between allowing this inflation to flourish a bit and ...

Economic recap: Week to August 20

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... monetary and fiscal policies. The ones that sent stock markets soaring to new heights. While concerns are building that central bank - the Fed especially - are behind the eight ball in terms of reining in inflation (because monetary operates with a lag) ...

Economic recap: Week to July 30

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... announced no change in in monetary policy on the same day (29 July) the GDP growth figures were released. However, the US central bank hinted that it could start "tapering" asset purchases soon because "the economy has made progress toward these goals ...