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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... widely expected, the Bank of Thailand (BOT) kept interest rates unchanged for a 14th straight month following its 22 June meeting on the back of its outlook for continued economic recovery and expectations that inflation would return to its target band ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... interest rate at minus 0.1% and target expansion of monetary base at ¥80 trillion per annum -- the conclusion of its 16 June meeting. The BOJ's decision was based on its view that, "Japan's economy is likely to be on a moderate expanding trend. The ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... interest rate hikes this year were halved to just two last March. Although this remains the Fed consensus at the June meeting, "Figure 2. FOMC participants' assessments of appropriate monetary policy: Midpoint of target range or target level for the ...

RBA envy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... at the end of the week sparked speculation for further easing sometime this year - perhaps, as early as the RBA's June meeting. RBA Gov Glenn and his mob don't want to get caught sleeping at the wheel, especially so when they've just lowered their inflation ...

Indian economy accelerating/slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... three interest rate reductions this year - two surprise inter-meeting cuts in January and March and another at the June meeting - that took the repo rate from 8.0% to 7.25% appears to be slowly filtering through into the economy. The "transmission mechanism" ...

You can forget June

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... you can forget June... June is dead. "A few anticipated that the information that would accrue by the time of the June meeting would likely indicate sufficient improvement in the economic outlook to lead the Committee to judge that its conditions for ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... with profits of $US138 million ($A149 million), up from a loss of $US119 million a year ago. The Fed minutes of the June meeting of the policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee showed the central bank plans to end its bond-buying stimulus program ...

Fed alert to market reaction to Fed action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... again of this again last night with the release of the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC) 17-18 June meeting. The financial press mostly latched on the minutes' blah, blah on the Fed's exit strategy, its concern over low volatility ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... with profits of $US138 million ($A149 million), up from a loss of $US119 million a year ago. The Fed minutes of the June meeting of the policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee showed the central bank plans to end its bond-buying stimulus program ...

US bond yields zipped by ZIRP?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard declared in his interview with Fox Business News last week. At its June meeting, the Fed revised its outlook as follows: GDP growth at 2.1%-2.3% for 2014, down from 2.8%-3.0% predicted in March; the unemployment ...