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A "must do" for the ECB

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2016
... Q&A after the bank's 21 January meeting: "Let me refer to what we are looking at when we have these dramatic movements in oil price, but also other commodity prices... we look at second-round effects, namely whether low oil prices and low commodity prices ...

Bad news on global activity and prices is the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
... the good news A bounce from oversold conditions, short-covering rally, cheapened valuation, or another jump on the price of oil which is a positive for energy companies (and the banks that lent to them) - one or a combination of or all of these factors ...

A negative sum game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... moderately... Recently, however, global financial markets have been volatile against the backdrop of the further decline in crude oil prices and uncertainty such as over future developments in emerging and commodity-exporting economies, particularly ...

Yellen fedspeaks her mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... spending has been supported by steady job gains and solid growth in real disposable income--aided in part by the declines in oil prices" underpinning "continued moderate expansion in the economy", notwithstanding the headwinds from "subdued foreign growth ...

Global central banks going for the cut

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... at the 2016 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney, Ong noted recent sharp moves in equity markets in Asia and oil price fluctuations as having a measurable impact on global monetary policy. "And Australia is not immune to that," she added. ...

Risks are overstated: AUI

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... said while there is a lot of focus on the ailing commodity markets, there are also positive signs. "Markets are obsessed with oil as an indicator of global economic growth, and there is no doubt that commodity markets need to stabilise for markets overall ...

Deflation and China pose biggest risks: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... expectations for sideways growth - or around 2.25% to 2.75% - and an uptick in inflation globally. "If our base case view on oil prices ending 2016 around $50 per barrel is realised, we expect global inflation in 2016 to be in the 1.75%-2.25% range ...

US dollar downed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... higher after dropping by as much as 1.5% overnight - as the US dollar plunged - Bloomberg US dollar index down 1.6% -- and oil prices soared by around 7% (despite the Department of Energy's report that crude oil inventories in the week ended 29 January ...

Investors can expect "reasonable" year despite gloom

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
... impact confidence. Bovingdon added: "Conditions are good for consumers. Jobs growth is good and costs are reducing as the oil price has come down. The boost to disposable income will be there." Turning to share markets, Stammer dismissed RBS' much discussed ...

Not so durable

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
... better than December's minus 10.2 reading); the Chicago Fed index's at minus 0.22 in January and that from Dallas (yup, the oil county) dropped to a reading of minus 34.6 from minus 21.6 in December.