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Western AM says credit to be positive in 2016

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
... as it transitions from a manufacturing/export economy to a more consumer driven/service economy. And most major central banks remain accommodative, which is a strong tailwind for the global economy." He explains that while these factors indicate a global ...

RBNZ cuts rates, biased towards further easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
... more than 4 percent higher than projected in December". The NZ$ is currently trading at US$0.6627. Like many other central banks (the BOJ and the ECB, in particular), the RBNZ wants a lower currency in order to boost the country's export competitiveness ...

Market confidence marches in March

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
... are higher, lifting energy companies and the banks that lent to them. Still, if we're watching the data (as most central banks do and tell us to do), the best that could be said about the global economy is that it's same old, same old - the data shows ...

A "chilling" moment for the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... earliest being a 25bps cut in May. If you ask moi, my answer would be it depends. It depends on the actions of other central banks. The European Central Bank (ECB) meets on the 10th of March. It's already promised action at this meeting. Speculations ...

Bad news on global activity and prices is the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
... turn in equity market sentiment. Never mind the just-in "Brexit" concern that's sure to add to the anxiety over central banks' problems with slowing growth and low inflation. Not that I complain but this is proof that investors see what they want to ...

A negative sum game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... equity markets last longer than a week as the wealth effect that this engenders would help alleviate the world's central banks persistent and pestering problem with growth and inflation. Perhaps then they could stop blaming the "global economy" and end ...

Gold starts to glisten (like 2008?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
... lowered interest rates, Grexit speculations and the European debt crisis, among others. Gold is again surging as central banks try to goose the system with more liquidity and this time, negative interest rates. The BOJ and the ECB are pumping yen and ...

Global central banks going for the cut

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
Central banks worldwide will continue easing trends in a disinflationary global environment, according to RBC Capital Market chief economist and head of Australian research Su-Lin Ong. Speaking at the 2016 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in ...

Risks are overstated: AUI

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... global fixed income, Bill Bovingdon, chief investment officer at fixed income manager Altius Asset Management, said central banks will wind down their stimulus programs and that will leave bond investors exposed. "The expectation is for three rate rises ...

Deflation and China pose biggest risks: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
US asset management giant PIMCO is most concerned about a slowdown in China, deflation and central banks not having the necessary firepower to mitigate further economic shocks. Despite those risks, the fund manager's base asset allocation is overweight ...