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Floating in money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... A£75 billion and the Fed's still re-investing the proceeds of its maturing securities - lift off or not. And those central banks that aren't expanding their balance sheets... they've made (are making) money cheaper to spend money to make money. China's ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... night as low interest rates continue to push investors towards shares. Investors also were gaining confidence with central banks, in the US especially and Australia, pursuing growth at all costs, said IG market strategist Stan Shamu. "Investors are quite ...

'Brexit' betting booths now taking bets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... 'patient' without panicking the markets. Having typed "forward guidance" reminded me of the man who brought it first to central banks' lexicon - Bank of England's (BOE) Canadian central bank import, Mark Carney. Mark Carney has not lifted a finger - ...

The real problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... to raise the fed funds rate sometime soon. This is bad for some, but good for the "others" - specifically, those central banks that want all other currencies more expensive than their own - those in the race to the bottom. As at last count, around 24 ...

A win-win currency war?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... started its exponential climb. We all know why? The US is "expected" to raise interest rates one day while the other central banks are still on the race to the bottom with the ECB and the BOJ digging even deeper and the BOE continues to maintain the ...

It might just be a matter of time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... neighbours. The very same reason for the on-going race to the bottom among many - and still counting - other world central banks as they try to export their weak economic and deflationary conditions to Uncle Sam. Well, Bob's your uncle... it's working ...

PBOC to QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... even below Premier Li's new like - growth of 7.0%. Is China about to QE fire with QE of its own? Actions by other central banks may have left it no choice. It's losing the currency war. Much had been reported about the rise and rise of the US dollar ...

You sexy thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... 1.9%; the S&P 500's down 1.7% -- gives substance to the "beggar-they-neighbour" rant I've been ranting since world central banks started handing out surprise easing policies, one after the other, this year - some even going for a double-dip. The thing ...

The die is cast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... regulatory rules, pension funds that need to match their liabilities, passive investors who track debt indexes, and other central banks, which buy European securities as part of their balance-sheet management (Bloomberg)" and we have even greater demand. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... $US1.0849, compared with $US1.0842 late in New York on Friday. The Frankfurt-based ECB announced it and the national central banks of the euro area have started buying 60 billion euros ($A84 billion) worth of bonds per month in the long-awaited purchase ...