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Because I'm happy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... United Kingdom, the Bank of England (BOE) has found another reason to delay raising borrowing costs. According to Governor Mark Carney, it's the slack: "In light of the heightened uncertainty about the current degree of slack, the Committee will be placing ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... 100 index of top companies sank 0.95 per cent to close at 6,777.85 points, weighed down also after Bank of England governor Mark Carney hinted at a rate hike sooner than expected. Frankfurt's DAX 30 ended the week down 0.26 per cent to 9,912.87 points ...

UK on the go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
... have done something good." In his alone times, it wouldn't be surprising to catch imported Bank of England (BOE) Governor Mark Carney humming this tune from "The Sound of Music" to himself (perhaps at the same time that his predecessor, Sir Mervyn King ...

BOE qualifies for World Cup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... thereafter. So here we have it Virginia, the BOE would not be in a hurry to raise interest rates anytime soon. BOE Governor Mark Carney football (soccer) analogy may make this easier understood: "Securing the recovery is like making it through the qualifying ...

BOE has a problem to smile about

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... monetary policy steady as she goes and of course... provide "forward guidance". The only difference is that BOE Governor Mark Carney's problem is the kind of problem everybody likes to have. Before Mark replaced Sir Mervyn as king of the BOE last ...

Confusing versus credible

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... it's made the news today with the release of the Bank of England's (BOE) Quarterly Inflation Report. Imported BOE Governor Mark Carney is also doing a Yellen cum Bullard and "elaborated" on forward guidance. "The first phase of guidance gave businesses ...

You say threshold, I say trigger

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... to the immediate withdrawal of accommodative policy." Yup, use the "it's a threshold not a trigger" excuse. BOE Governor Mark Carney - who finds himself in the same "forward guidance" predicament - uses it, so why couldn't you? If the 6.5% unemployment ...

Move the goalpost Mark

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... economy, it would be difficult to stop rate hike speculations -- speculations that could undo the good goings. Perhaps, Governor Mark could move the goalpost. Say, unemployment rate of 6.5% or 6.0% instead?
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