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Chief economist update: The yen's on the up and up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... in two years. Certainly, this should temper lingering speculations that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) would taper its policy stimulus measures - one that has continued to this day despite BOJ governor Haruhiko Kuroda stressing the Japanese central bank's commitment ...

Chief economist update: Red light on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... speculating over exit strategies and taper, the Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank may find themselves expanding their stimulus measures in order to cheapen their respective currencies versus the US dollar. It was the US dollar's sharp appreciation ...

Chief economist update: ECB sees low rates for longer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... minutes of the ECB's December meeting prompted speculations that the European Central Bank would start tapering its policy stimulus sooner-than-expected. Weidmann couldn't be anymore clearer: "The governing council unequivocally stated that interest ...

Australia overdue for company tax cut: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... toolkit while the economy is good comes at a price: Higher fiscal deficits and debt levels imply that the room for fiscal stimulus in the next recession will be more limited, he said. This week, we're asking you to predict what financial conditions will ...

Chief economist update: Bond sell bomb shell

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... compound Bill's problem with his latest bet. Not only would below-target inflation persuade central banks to go slow on stimulus reduction but the mere sluggishness in inflation is a positive for the bond market. There's that. And then there's also the ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to taper?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
... corporate sectors, on the back of highly accommodative financial conditions and underpinnings through the government's past stimulus measures." Japan's labour market stats indicate it would. Japan's unemployment rate fell to a 24-year low of 2.7% in ...

Same old same old from the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... corporate sectors, on the back of highly accommodative financial conditions and underpinnings through the government's past stimulus measures. Exports are expected to continue their moderate increasing trend on the back of growth in overseas economies." ...

Japan on reverse cycle?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
... sectors, on the back of highly accommodative financial conditions and fiscal spending through the government's large scale stimulus measures." "The year-on-year rate of change in the CPI is likely to continue on an uptrend and increase toward 2%, mainly ...

The BOJ's boring Halloween

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
... continue expanding on the back of highly accommodative financial conditions and the effects of the government's large-scale stimulus measures, with overseas economies continuing to grow at a moderate pace, and maintain growth at a pace above its potential ...

Two holds and a raise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... in black in white when in its Statement on Monetary Policy on 14 September, the BOE wrote "some withdrawal of monetary stimulus is likely to be appropriate over the coming months in order to return inflation sustainably to target." And again just over ...