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Central Banks must unite

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... the US fed funds rate is currently at 2 per cent - it was at 9.75 per cent before the 1990/91 recession. The Fed, like the BoJ in the mid 1990s, may have to implement a Zero Interest Rate Policy (ZIRP) this time. But all may not be lost. The Financial ...

Fed on Zero Interest Rate Policy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
... may indeed cut interest rates by 50 basis points today. In turn, we might eventually see the US Federal Reserve adopt the BoJ's policy of zero percent interest rates. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will have a lot to digest when its Board meets ...

Whac-a-mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... meeting will be the key focus this week. Although this is likely to be a non-event with market consensus predicting that the BoJ will keep interest rates steady at 0.50 per cent. What would be more interesting - and more important - is the BoJ's Monthly ...

Three steadies and a cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... expected to increase by 0.3 per cent, following a revised increase of 0.4% in June. Financial markets will also be interested in BoJ Governor Masaaki Shirakawa's thoughts when he speaks in Nagoya early this week. Last week, the BoJ Governor admitted ...

Watching the US$ and commodities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... 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, the ...

Inflation Report: Japan's Turn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
... growth in the US and the Eurozone last week and yesterday's CPI report for Australia. Today it is Japan's turn, although the BoJ is one of the world's central banks that welcome a pick up in inflation. Tokyo consumer prices are expected to increase by ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... 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 rates ...

Market Movers Overnight (8 July)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... Eurozone, particularly Germany. News out of Japan shows that Asia is not immune from the global slowdown. The Bank of Japan (BoJ) left its quarterly assessment of the economy unchanged. However, details indicate that the assessment is much worse than ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2006
... assuming that the Fed is nearly finished with its tightening campaign and the European Central Bank (ECB) and Bank of Japan (BoJ) are just getting started withdrawing policy accommodation.

Daily economic update

... prompting the Bank of Japan to end its quantitative easing policy last week. Further signs of sustainable growth could spur the BoJ to raise interest rates - from virtually zero - as early as this year. Meanwhile, New Zealand retail sales were unchanged ...