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Chief economist update: BOE fails market expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
... slowest rate of growth since the June 2012 quarter. Then again, in his post-meeting press conference, BOE Governor Mark Carney stressed that the slowdown is due to adverse weather in February and March and that UK's underlying growth is much more resilient ...

Chief economist update: Trump trumps Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... 2017 (up from US$1 billion in the previous year). UK Prime Minister Theresa May and Bank of England (BOE) governor Mark Carney could at least focus on the domestic economy. While UK GDP growth slowed to annual rate of 1.4% in the year to the December ...

Climate change a real risk for investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), established by the Financial Stability Board, chaired by Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, to address systemic financial risk posed by climate change, the report said. Deutsche Asset Management released ...

Industry fund chases insurance giant on climate risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... for shareholders." The TCFD was established by the Financial Stability Board, chaired by Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, in order to address systemic financial risk posed by climate change.

Chief economist update: Three minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2018
... take on central banks' greater transparency and forward guidance is best explained by Bank of England (BOE) governor Mark Carney. In his testimony before the UK Parliament's Treasury Committee, Carney remarked that, "...the financial markets have started ...

Two holds and a raise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... in order to return inflation sustainably to target." And again just over a month later (17 October) when Governor Mark Carney testified before the UK Parliamentary Treasury Select Committee. "Having used up more spare capacity, having seen some evidence ...

Go ahead BOE, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
... ¥147.93 over the same period; and down by 1.4% to €1.1205. The fade out must have been what prompted BOE Governor Mark Carney to reiterate this "forward guidance" in his testimony before the UK Parliamentary Treasury Select Committee overnight. "Having ...

No follow through

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
Unlike the Bank of Canada (BOC) which he headed from 2008-2013, now Bank of England (BOE) governor Mark Carney didn't follow through on the remarks he made at the European Central Bank Forum in Portugal that, "Some removal of monetary stimulus is likely ...

Inflation matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... strengthening momentum in the UK economy - both of which, puts rising pressure on inflation - prodded BOE governor Mark Carney to remark: "Some removal of monetary stimulus is likely to become necessary if the trade-off facing the MPC continues to lessen ...

Data dictates immediate BOE action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
... couldn't be faulted for bringing forward their expectations for policy normalisation in the UK especially after Governor Mark Carney's remarks at the European Central Bank Forum in Portugal. The one where Carney declared that, "Some removal of monetary ...