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Lift then back to zero (even negative)?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... world that has raised rates since the 2007-09 crisis has been able to sustain them at a higher level. That includes central banks in the eurozone, Sweden, Israel, Canada, South Korea and Australia" - they all reversed course. Reminds me of Homer's (Simpson) ...

And then there's gonna be five

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... 11.3%). Now what? Now what is, yuan appreciation here we come. According to Bloomberg, "That move is set to prompt central banks and reserve managers to increase their allocation, buying hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of the currency" and, "For ...

Hotel California

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
... for even a millisecond that the ECB and the PBOC did what they did out of the goodness of their heart? Or that the central banks of the Eurozone and China were merely playing Kris Kringles to see if they can still move markets? Double-duh! What happened ...

Christmas in October

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
"You better watch out You better not cry You better not pout I'm telling you why..." Central banks are coming to town - and they've loaded lots of toys and goodies on their sleigh. Back to back central bank stimulus measure surprises - promised and ...

Santa Mario brings cheers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... (currently at minus 0.20%). b) a further reduction in the repo rate (currently at 0.05%) to negative - he has the central banks of the two "S's" of Europe - Switzerland and Sweden - as precedents. The SNB and the Riksbank have their key policy rates ...

Holding pattern

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... markets or all of the above but it seems the times. they're not a-changin'. This, at least, could be gleaned from two central banks that conducted their regular tete-a-tete on monetary policy so far this week. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept ...

Central banks of the world, coordinate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015

The man with the golden jawbone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... momentum on Wall Street that, in turn, allowed the "data" to remain conducive to end QE. When the going gets tough, the central banks get going. The bottom line is that the central bank puts of the past few years are still alive. It's already started ...

China trade deal must not be delayed: FSC

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... is our number one trading partner. Australia is the sixth largest offshore renminbi centre and our regulators and central banks have strong relationships. CHAFTA provides Australian fund managers with a significant advantage which is not enjoyed by large ...

Gloom and doom news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... back in December 2011 - when fear was elevated - that prompted coordinated action by six of the world's biggest central banks - US Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Bank of Japan, Bank of England, Bank of Canada, Swiss National Bank. The only problem ...