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Chief economist update: Younger migrants and the elderly keep wages low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
... to talk about at his address to Anika Foundation Luncheon in Sydney the day after. Of course, Lowe spoke about monetary policy but he would have put the attendees to sleep with his nth reiteration of "...we see reasonable prospects that the economy will ...

Chief economist update: Do nothing RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... itsy-bitsy-teenie-weenie increase in borrowing costs which at the same time allows the Australian central bank to normalise monetary policy and rebuild its firepower to fight the next downturn. If memory serves me right, the when of this next rate hike ...

Chief economist update: Heaven can wait but the BOE couldn't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
... finally went ahead and did it. It lifted the Bank Rate by 25 basis points to 0.75% at the conclusion of its August Monetary Policy Council (MPC) meeting. To be sure, the British central bank had been itching to do so back in May. Despite the slowdown ...

Chief economist update: The BOJ kills off specs (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2018
... it was in late 2017/early 2018, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) once more hosed down recent speculations of a tweak in monetary policy towards an (early) exit. Sure, the Japanese central bank tweaked policy, but in the opposite direction. At the conclusion of ...

Chief economist update: At the core-core of it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... Financial markets could have a brand new worry (or not) depending on the outcome of the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) monetary policy meeting that's due to conclude this day. The 30-31 July meeting is particularly significant given last week's flare-up ...

Chief economist update: BOJ to stop throwing good money after bad?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... Japan (BOJ) or rather speculations (again) that it's discussing possible changes to its looser-than-loose monetary policy. There are so many combinations and permutations as to what the BOJ would do but perhaps the more remarkable is the speculation ...

EM bonds attractive despite pullback: Eaton Vance

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
... rising population growth, improving standard of living for middle classes, stable inflation, a still-favorable monetary policy, and a rising consumer class that may spur growth. "Further, we believe EM are in a better position now than before the financial ...

Cryptocurrencies on radar but not priority: RBA

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... the current level of usage doesn't challenge the bank's mandate (for example, to promote competition), monetary policy or financial stability mandate. "There are only very limited links from cryptocurrencies to the traditional financial sector. ...

Chief economist update: Rate hike hawks in RBA dove's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... prompted moi to adjust my expectations to no hike/no cut on the immediate horizon on June 21. For sure, getting monetary policy settings back to normal is a good thing, especially when Australia's peers are moving in the same direction. But is now ...

Chief economist update: Lessons from the last world trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... decisions." ECB President Mario Draghi: "It's not easy and it's not yet time to see what the consequences on monetary policy of all this can be but there's no ground to be optimistic on that..."What's the effect on confidence? What's ...