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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 ...

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 ...