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Volatile like its 2011

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... central banks - US Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Bank of Japan, Bank of England, Bank of Canada, Swiss National Bank - announced a coordinated action to provide additional liquidity to the financial system. After five years of ZIRP, NIRP and ...

Follow the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... trillion yen ($35.2 billion) by 2014. The Bank of Israel bought stocks for the first time last year while the Swiss National Bank and the Czech National Bank have boosted their holdings to at least 10 percent of reserves." "The Bank of Korea began buying ...

Big deal day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... Swiss franc poses an acute threat to the Swiss economy and carries the risk of a deflationary development. The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is therefore aiming for a substantial and sustained weakening of the Swiss franc. With immediate effect, it will ...

Coming in 2014: Aussie recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... Norwegian bonds have fallen by 7 basis points. Swiss ones dropped by 30 bps. Which one's the safe haven? 7 Swiss National Bank (SNB) wins and catapults the euro-Swiss franc currency comparison to 1.50 Euro-Swiss franc exchange rate has not gone beyond ...

QE results in currency wars

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... have seen non-traditional policy adjustments from the ECB, the Fed, the Bank of England, Bank of Japan, and Swiss National Bank." In just four years the balance sheets of the G3 central banks have expanded by US$5 trillion. Cobon noted that one of the ...

Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Noi! Noi! Noi!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... into Australia assets, with around 30 of those new entrants to the market, arriving in the last year." The Swiss National Bank is joining these A$ hoarders and Germany's Bundesbank will, in September. The A$ is now becoming a safe-haven... if it's not ...

She's becoming right, mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, the Bank of Japan, the Bank of England, the Bank of Canada and the Swiss National Bank announced that they were pumping more liquidity in the financial system - by lowering the interest rates on US dollar swap ...

A liquid Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... central banks -US Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Bank of Japan, Bank of England, Bank of Canada, Swiss National Bank - sent financial markets soaring overnight. Whoops, better make it seven central banks. Because a couple of hours before the ...

Dangerous currents

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... Central Bank, in coordination with the US Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan and the Swiss National Bank, is extending liquidity to banks in the Eurozone. Instead of the usual seven-day operations, these central banks will now "conduct ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... nervousness on markets, where speed is vital. Investors were also still absorbing Tuesday's shock move by the Swiss National Bank when it announced a minimum exchange rate of 1.20 francs per euro, saying the high value of the franc was a threat to the ...