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RBNZ on ice into 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... New Zealand and the United States. One, that's been underscored by the policy decisions of their respective central banks on the same day - 26 September. The US Federal Reserve raised the fed funds rate by 25 bps to 2.0%-2.25% on the day, the dot ...

Chief economist update: Famous last words

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... Depression of the 1930s. Like many others, I thought that this would never happen again, the world - governments and central banks - have learned from the mistakes of the past. Like many others, I was wrong. The "Great Recession of 2008" happened. And ...

Chief economist update: Submerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
... forward indication of more downward pressure on their respective equity markets. This is because emerging market central banks would be forced to jack up interest rates - many have done so already - to stem the slide in their currencies. However, by ...

Chief economist update: Emerging markets feel the heat as Turkey burns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... two-year lows. There are many more and ones that would raise inflation in emerging markets, prompting their respective central banks to lift interest rates but in so doing also choke economic growth. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments ...

Chief economist update: Betting on down rather than up?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... enough hedged bet from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) - more like the oft-repeated statements from other central banks saying "the risks are evenly balanced" - but Governor Adrian Orr's clarification that the current official cash rate (OCR) ...

Chief economist update: At the core-core of it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
Financial markets could have a brand new worry (or not) depending on the outcome of the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) monetary policy meeting that's due to conclude this day. The 30-31 July meeting is particularly significant given last week's flare-up ...

Chief economist update: Laissez faire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... its economy. And it's not only Beijing; other emerging markets have also been hit prompting their respective central banks and governments to enact mitigating strategies. This time of synchronised global growth (or no longer?) should be the time ...

Chief economist update: BOJ to stop throwing good money after bad?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... when it expects to reach its inflation target because consequent exit speculations that these trigger negate the central banks efforts at stimulating economic growth and achieving its inflation target. The same is happening given these new policy speculations. ...

Westpac investment arm awards real estate mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
... Global Investors manages $613 billion of assets for public and private pension funds, foundations and endowments, central banks, insurance companies, sub-advisory arrangements, sovereign wealth funds and individual portfolios across 75 countries.

Crypto exchange enters superannuation market

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
... the crypto sphere for about five years, RBA head of payments policy Tony Richards said, adding it works with other central banks as well as interacts with big and small entities active in cryptocurrency. In March, it was reported complex cryptocurrency ...