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Top economist Don Stammer to fund UNE scholarship

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... role in their later appointments to the position of governor - but in my view, each provided outstanding leadership of monetary policy and financial reform." Stammer is known by his peers and colleagues for his humility, which belies his career trajectory ...

Crypto fund hires from Blue Sky

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... following suit with their overseas counterparts in considering a bitcoin treasury strategy as a hedge against expansionary monetary policies."

Economic recap: Week to July 9

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... of higher commodity prices on business production and operation, the meeting decided to maintain the stability of the monetary policy and enhance its effectiveness, without resorting to massive stimulus," he said. "Cuts in the required reserve ratio ...

Chief economist update: Local and foreign love affair with Australian property

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2021
... by the improvement in the domestic labour market and the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) continued accommodative monetary policy.

Chief economist update: Delta variant infects Australian economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
... kill the beast." - The Eagles, 'Hotel California' Only a few days after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept monetary policy settings unchanged and repeated its assurance that interest rates will remain at the record low 0.1% "until 2024 ...

Chief economist update: Japan still waiting for the sun to rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... projected to continue growing with a virtuous cycle from income to spending intensifying." The BOJ decided to keep current monetary policy settings unchanged at the meeting but extended its pandemic relief programme by six months to the end of March ...

Chief economist update: UK not there yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
Financial markets widely expected the Bank of England's (BOE) decision to keep current monetary policy settings unchanged at its June monetary policy committee meeting. "The MPC voted unanimously to maintain Bank Rate at 0.1%... and to maintain ...

Chief economist update: It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and/or the federal government withdrawing their policy largesse. Que horror! Monetary and fiscal accommodation no more! We all wish and hope and pray that everything returns to pre-pandemic normal. So, why are ...

Chief economist update: The (dot) plot thickens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
... went on the up and up. This is because while the much-anticipated June FOMC meeting produced no change in the prevailing monetary policy setting - the fed funds rate at 0-0.25% and bond purchases at a rate of US$120 billion monthly - the dot plots contained ...

Chief economist update: Anchoring the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... Lagarde's answers to an interview with 'Politico' asking how long the single-currency region's fiscal and monetary policy support would remain in place. This comes four days after the European Central Bank convened on the 10th of June ...