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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 ...

AMP Capital issues deflation warning

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... as global prices fall. However, Oliver reassures that sustained 1930s or Japanese style deflation is unlikely as central banks in Europe and Japan continue to pursue quantitative easing strategies which promote inflation, while the US, China and India ...

Central bank surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... end (open-ended) depending on which report you read. Who bears the risk? The ECB alone or... shared with national central banks? Which sovereign bonds to buy? All or... excluding Greece and countries with still high debt and deficits - the same ones ...

Auld lang syne

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
... positive on the remainder (35 countries). There's part of the solution to the world economic weakness right there. The central banks are the other. With inflation in the euro area now printing in the negative (minus 0.2% in the year to December), it's ...

Oil slide, CEO pay and that "income recession"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... reality, lifts economic activity and boost demand. With deflation waiting in the wings, there's no stopping these central banks from doing so. Perhaps, the Fed and the BOE may even join the allied forces. Yes Virginia, it's turning out to be a fight ...

Don't underestimate LNG boom: BNP Paribas

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... rates still on the floor as a result of quantitative easing, Australian bond yields will attract more capital. "Central banks have increased their allocation to Aussie dollars over the years on the basis that it's anything but US dollars or euros. Plus ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... The Australian market looks set to open lower despite Wall Street again heading for record highs as support from central banks inspires confidence in the global economy. At 0821 AEST on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was down ...

Nikko AM adds senior executives to global team

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... at ING Bank and has over 40 years' experience in the financial industry, mainly in developing relationships with central banks and sovereign wealth funds. Ian Lewis has been appointed head of global consultant relations and will be based in Singapore. ...