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Chief economist update: The hazard of being a safe haven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... absent from the headlines. The last headline news out of Japan was when the Bank of Japan (BOJ) conducted its monetary policy meeting on July 30, deciding to keep the status quo - interest rate at -0.1% and 10-year government bond yield target at around ...

Chief economist update: Bonds do the limbo rock

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... (RBNZ), the Bank of Thailand (BOT) and the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) surprise moves towards increased monetary policy accommodation on August 7 supports the bond markets' dim view over the prospects for economic growth and inflation. Not ...

Chief economist update: Look out below

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... struggling to get inflation up to within their stated target rates - and this time, there's limited scope for monetary policy stimulation with the currently prevailing low, zero, and even negative interest rates. What's more chilling is that ...

RBA in no rush to lift cash rate

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019
... he said. "But if demand growth is not sufficient, the board is prepared to provide additional support by easing monetary policy further. However, as I have discussed on other occasions, other arms of public policy could also play a role in this scenario." ...

Chief economist update: A case for optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
... that'll lead to higher unemployment, consumer pessimism... Zero official cash rate here we come. However, note that monetary policy operates with a lag. In Australia, it takes about 12-18 months changes in monetary policy trickles down into general ...

Chief economist update: BOE flips tightening bias to easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... to 2%-2.25% at the conclusion of its July FOMC meeting at 95.1%. This is backed-up by the Fed's semi-annual Monetary Policy Report noting: "Since the beginning of May, the tenor of incoming information on economic activity, on balance, has become ...

Chief economist update: The back-to-back rate cuts Australia has to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... (BIS) - the world's central bank of central banks - chief Agustin Carstens that delivered a day before that: "Monetary policy should be considered more as a backstop rather than as a spearhead of a strategy to induce higher sustainable growth" and ...

Chief economist update: BOJ Tankan tanking?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... major risks to its outlook that its economy is "likely to continue on a moderate expanding trend" at its June monetary policy meeting. The BOJ's latest Tankan survey indicates that the US-China trade stoush is, indeed, causing consternation among ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore on the up and up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
... deleterious effects on the Chinese economy. So much so the powers in Beijing have resorted to both fiscal and monetary policy stimulation to mitigate the downdraft from trade. One illustration of China's stimulus measures is June's announcement ...

Chief economist update: RBA justified to cut rates or not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
... Talking about 'The Labour Market and Spare Capacity', Lowe left nothing to speculators' imagination: "Monetary policy is one way of helping get us onto to a better path. The decision earlier this month will assist here. It will support the ...