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Chief economist update: Fairy tales can come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... surplus in the following year. Liberium's bullish iron ore forecast is based on the shift towards a more dovish monetary policy and expectations that the trade war escalation between the US and China would prompt greater stimulative policy responses ...

Chief economist update: Japan becomes collateral damage in US-China trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... year-to-date depreciation has turned into a 0.4% appreciation. The last time the Bank of Japan (BOJ) held its monetary policy meeting and decided to keep policy as they were on the April 25, the yen was trading at ¥111.59/US$, down 1.7% from ¥109.7 ...

Chief economist update: The (trade) war is back on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
... support and stabilise the economy. According to news and intelligence provider MNI, Sun Guofeng - head of the PBOC monetary policy department - declared: "The central bank will make good use of structural tools, including targeted medium-term lending ...

Chief economist update: Same challenges, differing reactions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... Governor Adrian Orr verbally delivered the news that: "The Official Cash Rate (OCR) has been reduced to 1.5%." "The Monetary Policy Committee decided a lower OCR is necessary to support the outlook for employment and inflation consistent with its policy ...

Chief economist update: RBA May cut, May not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
A funny thing happened along the way to the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) scheduled monetary policy meeting on May 7 and ahead of the May 18 Federal Election. While the slowing momentum in Australia's economic and survey indicators, and ...

Chief economist update: Policy of patience

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
... keep the Fed funds rate within its current target range and "does not reflect any shift in the intended stance of monetary policy," financial markets aren't too convince. This hasn't stopped silent whispers the Fed would cut interest rates before ...

Chief economist update: A good problem to have?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
... you'll find that in spite of the overhanging uncertainty that is Brexit, the Bank of England (BOE) has an easier monetary policy decision to make (its monetary policy committee meets on May 2). The odds are for the continued no change in monetary ...

Chief economist update: The Fed pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
... investors. It reaffirmed this in the minutes of its 19-20 March FOMC meeting. "With regard to the outlook for monetary policy beyond this meeting, a majority of participants expected that the evolution of the economic outlook and risks to the outlook ...

Chief economist update: Equity market rally has legs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
... policy"; the BOE adding "gradual pace and to a limited extent" to its forward guidance that "an ongoing tightening of monetary policy over the forecast period... would be appropriate" etcetera. The BOC has also changed its tune to "continues to warrant ...

Chief economist update: Japan yearns for a weaker yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... forward. While the weakening Japanese economy and renewed easing in inflation suggest yen depreciation, its relative monetary policy differential, particularly against the United States and the Eurozone, indicates otherwise. Time for the BOJ to "consider ...