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Chief economist update: Chinese green shoots?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
... fertilised and watered by government and central bank stimulus packages? Recall that on November 18, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) cut its seven-day reverse repo rate from 2.55% to 2.50% - the first rate reduction in four years (October 2015). ...

Chief economist update: The PBOC stimulates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
... with slowing growth and above target inflation, what's a central bank to do? In the case of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), it's going for growth. In a surprise move, the Chinese central bank cut its seven-day reverse repo rate from 2.55% ...

China backs blockchain, Bitcoin soars

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2019
... China banned all cryptocurrency and Initial Coin Offerings in 2017, with the nations' central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBOC), working on its own digital currency. The sharp rise in bitcoin saw its value jump to over US$10,000 after Xi's remarks. ...

NAB fixed income sales director moves to BOC

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
Bank of China hired a former NAB and FIIG fixed income sales director for its Sydney offices as it sees its Australian business grow. Mark Todd is joining Bank of China as its head of fixed income sales. In his most recent role, Todd was a director ...

Chief economist update: Tweeting Trump versus totalitarian Xi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2019
... unveil counter-cyclical measures. In addition to lowering its yuan fixing versus the US dollar, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) now announced it will be "reforming and improving the formation mechanism of LPR [loan prime rate] - effectively a rate ...

Chief economist update: Bonds do the limbo rock

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
How low can they go? Be afraid, be very afraid. A great number of investors are buying into the relative safety of long-term government bonds despite their dwindling yields, and in the case of the Japanese and Eurozone 10-year government bonds, negative ...

Chief economist update: Look out below

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... sure and for certain, it's gonna irritate Trump. Financial markets were shell-shocked after the People's Bank of China (PBOC) allowed the yuan to fall below the psychological threshold of CNY7.0 per US dollar. The official CNY/US$ exchange rate ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
"If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done." - Rita Mae Brown. This famous quote might be true in general, but it certainly didn't apply to the 11th hour, last minute trade negotiations between the United States and China on ...

Chief economist update: China is back on track

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2019
... the economy with enough monetary and fiscal stimulus that green shoots are beginning to appear. The People's Bank of China cut the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) - 0.5% on January 15 and 0.5% on January 25 - that is estimated to release around 800 ...

Chief economist update: China and the spring in its step

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019
... (indicating contraction) in the previous three months. The timely counter-cyclical measures by both the People's Bank of China (PBOC) and the country's fiscal authorities are starting to bear fruit. The People's Bank of China cut the reserve ...