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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... purchases of industrial machinery and equipment, transport equipment, telecom equipment and electrical machineries. Central banks dumping US treasuries Foreign governments are dumping US debt like never before, according to reports from CNN Money. They ...

Easier for as long as necessary?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
Funny that. For all the recent rhetoric and commentaries that central banks have become impotent, financial headlines continue to be dominated by the latest policy movements -- or lack thereof -- and current thoughts of, well, central bankers. Such ...

We've got the power and firepower (still)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
Despite deteriorating market confidence and doubts over central banks' firepower and ability to influence market moods and outcomes, the events of the past week showed that CBs are anything but powerless. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand's (RNBZ) unexpected ...

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 ...