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Chief economist update: Rate hike hawks in RBA dove's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... already cut rates mainly due to the stagnation in wages growth which is a negative for both inflation and growth. RBA Governor Philip Lowe's statement at the central bankers' conference in Sintra, Portugal shot me down... "I remain confident ...

Chief economist update: Lessons from the last world trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... confidence? What's the effect on business investment? There are lessons from the past, and they are all very negative." BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda: "The indirect impact on the Japanese economy could be quite significant...if this escalation of ...

Chief economist update: Three ayes for a rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
... Fed, ECB and BOJ - the Bank of England (BOE) did not disappoint market expectations (unlike in its May meeting where Governor Carney hinted at a rate hike months before, but didn't). "At its meeting ending on 20 June 2018, the MPC voted by a majority ...

Chief economist update: RBA not cruising for a bruising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
... that it was more likely that the next move in the cash rate would be up, rather than down." Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe declared this in many of his recent speeches, the statement was even inked in black and white in the minutes of ...

NZ Super Fund appoints CEO

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
... general manager private markets before serving as chief investment officer from 2014. After Adrian Orr departed to become Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand in March 2018, Whineray acted as interim chief executive. NZ Super Fund chair Catherine ...

Japan needs trade peace with the US

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
... goes to the BOJ when it ditched the forward guidance on the timing of when it would achieve its inflation objective. BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda explained the reason for eliminating the target date, at his post-meeting conference after the 26th April ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to an RBA cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
... at a record low 1.5% following its June 5 board meeting. Except for a few tweaks in the wordings here and there, RBA Governor Philip Lowe's statement was more or less a copy and paste exercise of what was said after the May 1 meeting. "The recent ...

Chief economist update: Rush hour is over for the BOE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
... Bank of Australia (RBA) when it meets at 2.30pm today for its monthly monetary policy deliberations. Yes Virginia, RBA Governor Philip Lowe has already gone on record that the next move in interest rates will be up but financial markets don't expect ...

Chief economist update: Wisdom of the crowd

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2018
... strengthening US economy (or any economy for that matter) demands higher interest rates. As Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor, Philip Lowe, told his audience at the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce (WA) in Perth on 11 April, 2018, a "...scenario ...

Chief economist update: Onwards and downwards to a recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... the BOJ's recent decision to delete the expected timing of when it would achieve its inflation objective. As BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda explained the reason for eliminating the target date, at his post-meeting conference after the April 26 BOJ ...