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My QE, your problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... 160 bps lower from the beginning of 2014. But in this world of competitive currency devaluations - "At least 21 central banks have eased monetary policy this year", the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) reports (to which, permit me to add, some have already ...

I cut, you cut, I cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
... prettied by an ugly Australian dollar. But here's the rub, Australia's neighbours know that drill too. Not a few central banks have and/are engaging in Newton's third law of motion - "for every action there's an equal and opposite reaction" - some more ...

Mind over matter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... because markets have already yielded to the prospect that US interest rates are set to rise this year and that other central banks have already made preparations for the eventuality. This is indicated by the expanding number of central banks announcing ...

Brady Bunch as useful as market commentary: Shane Oliver

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... being rationally reacted to. There's more information out there but the volatility of markets has not changed." With central banks having become more predictable and information becoming more readily available, volatility should go down. According to ...

Stimulate or deflate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... following week. Write to mommy about the growing worry about deflation (which is bad) and the growing number of central banks trying to head it off (which is good). Yup, you got it, we've gone full circle back to the "bad stats is good news, good stats ...

Currency warriors, mount horses and draw swords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... gain in the previous month. And this was before the latest round of "surprises" - monetary policy easing by the central banks of Australia, India, Singapore, China, Peru, Turkey, Russia and Canada; QE by the ECB; more (or longer) QE by the BOJ; and the ...

Easing here, there and everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... closed-door Central Economic Conference in December". I could only speculate that the PBOC's move is a reaction to other central banks implementing policies designed to shore up their own economies - mainly currency depreciation - but at the same time ...

Taylor rules the RBA just right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... among businesses and consumers and headwinds from falling commodity prices and weak global growth. Besides, other central banks - big and small - are already doin' it, let's have what they're having and join the currency war. But the rationales for the ...

When Harry met Sally syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
Seems like more and more central banks - big and small - are getting the 'when Harry met Sally syndrome' - "I'll have what she's having". The Swiss National Bank jumpstarted it all with its "surprise" decision to abandon its CHF1.20/euro peg. This was ...

A Fed surprise?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
Will she, won't she? Will Aunt Janet follow the other central banks' surprises of the past two weeks and spring her own at the conclusion of the US Federal Open Market Committee meeting (FOMC) tomorrow? If she does, then baby, that indeed would be a ...