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It's "whatever it takes" time again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
... Central Bank (ECB) appears to be winning its fight against inflation, justifying its less-than-expected "go slow" on stimulus policy announcement last 3 December, crude oil comes along. Though minimal, latest Eurozone inflation figures show consumer ...

Lesson in expectations management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... ("...the economy is performing well and is expected to so, says Yellen). But doesn't the ECB's decision to announce less-er stimulus than what markets were expecting also imply the central bank's confidence in the Eurozone economy? Draghi said so himself ...

Did ECB under-deliver or markets over-expect?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... delivered is what the ECB's forecasts call for - nothing more, nothing less. The ECB delivered on its promise to increase stimulus, markets just over-expected what the ECB would deliver.

Swiss franc surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... verbal interventions with actual ones ahead of the near certainty that the European Central Bank (ECB) would boost its stimulus programme come 3 December. Could it be? Could it be that the SNB would be forced to reverse in the last month of 2015 what ...

Japan does a double double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
... the headline price pressures is filtering through into the core inflation rate (0% in September). Expect more policy stimulus - monetary or otherwise - or extra arrows or perhaps... a new archer?

Hotel California

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
... Fed could weaken the US dollar - i.e. strengthen the euro and the yen and other currencies - necessitating even more stimulus from other central banks and then we go round and round "like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel..." Toto, we're ...

Christmas in October

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
... Central banks are coming to town - and they've loaded lots of toys and goodies on their sleigh. Back to back central bank stimulus measure surprises - promised and actual - sent investors a-carolling last week. More stimulus is on the way! This was ECB ...

Santa Mario brings cheers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... accommodation even before the ECB's yuletide cheer. The euro's 1.1% depreciation against the yen following Draghi's more stimulus hint raises the odds that the BOJ would announce a serving of its own when it meets next week, on 30 October. Merry Xmas ...

China stimulates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... couldn't have come soon enough. Hopes that China's powers-that-are would counter the slowdown in their economy with more stimulus measures - any stimulus measure - just turned into reality. Yes folks, Beijing's topping up last month's monetary policy ...

So bad it could only be good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... good news" trade is back on. It's risk back on as China's bad -- very, very bad, trade data sparked hopes of further stimulus and Fed lift-off delay. As 'The Guardian' reports, the latest trade data revealed that, "Imports into China slumped by 13.8% ...