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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... volatile and are subject to big revisions. Euro economic sentiment It seems like the ECB's aggressive monetary policy stimulus is beginning to bear fruit. The ZEW euro area economic sentiment index - a measure of optimism over the current and expected ...

No tears for China's disappointing data

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2016
... meet its economic growth target over the next five years (this again is 6.5%-7.0%). And that, "Excessive monetary policy stimulus isn't necessary to achieve the target... If there isn't any big economic or financial turmoil, we'll keep prudent monetary ...

We've got the power and firepower (still)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... reduce further rates." - negated initial positive response to the European Central Bank's (ECB) announcement of more stimulus measures, this proved temporary with the Euro Stoxx 50 surging by 3.5% on Friday last week, taking its weekly gain up by 1.2% ...

Four bazookas and a phrase

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
... satisfaction, oh no, no. no. For all intents and purposes, ECB President Mario Draghi over-delivered on the eagerly-awaited stimulus promised two months ago. He came in firing not with one... but four bazookas: Interest rate reductions - repo rate cut ...

Crouching services, contracting manufacturing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... that the Chinese government will lower its growth target to 6.5%-7.0% at this meeting while at the same time announcing stimulus measures to achieve this target. As well as the usual monetary policy accommodation measures, markets expect the government ...

A "must do" for the ECB

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2016
... January promise to "...reconsider our monetary policy stance at our next meeting in early March" aka increase policy stimulus. Financial markets expect the ECB to announce another reduction in the deposit rate (now minus 0.3%) deeper into negative or ...

More negatives

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
... continued weakness in the Japanese economy also captures the markets' current fear du' jour - that central bank policy stimulus measures are becoming impotent and that negative interest rates provide more negatives than positives. Since April 2013 - ...

Risks are overstated: AUI

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... Bovingdon, chief investment officer at fixed income manager Altius Asset Management, said central banks will wind down their stimulus programs and that will leave bond investors exposed. "The expectation is for three rate rises in the US during 2016 ...

Deflation and China pose biggest risks: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... "Furthermore, given most global central banks are operating near the zero bound, they may not have a lot more room for stimulus if any of the above shocks materialise. As the first month in 2016 has shown, markets will be difficult to navigate. However ...

BOJ goes negative to get postive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... rate" decision surprised financial markets, the deterioration in the country's economic fundamentals were asking for more stimulus - in whatever size, shape or form. Latest stats attest to this. Headline CPI inflation eased to 0.2% in the year to December ...