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All about the slack

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... inflation remains not a threat. Because of this, expect the BOE's statement to read: "The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee at its meeting today voted to maintain Bank Rate at 0.5%. The Committee also voted to maintain the stock of purchased ...

Mission accomplished?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting..." -- Walt Whitman "The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee at its meeting today voted to maintain Bank Rate at 0.5%. The Committee also voted to maintain the stock of purchased assets ...

Easy CBs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... Rate, the earlier it might be necessary to start tightening policy". Then again, perhaps not yet for the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is also wary that a premature tightening could derail the recovery - especially given sterling's strength (my two ...

Victim of success

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... reverse -- the gathering recovery before it becomes sustainable. A dilemma no better stated by the BOE's monetary policy committee member Ben Broadbent: "We want to ensure that this recovery continues...and is not choked off by a premature rise in interest ...

Where now brown cow?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... Citigroup chief economist, economics professor at the London School of Economics and ex-Bank of England monetary policy committee member - proclaiming that Spain "is now at greater risk of sovereign restructuring than ever before." Greece "will have ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... blow-out. Wages are still contained. We knew that anyway." Overnight (AEST), the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy committee released minutes for its April 27 meeting. This was the main focus for bond traders during the offshore session. According ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... the potential to affect risk appetite." The Bank of England is due to release minutes for its March Monetary Policy Committee meeting, during which it decided to keep interest rates at 0.5 per cent. Ms Deda said the minutes would be keenly watched by ...

Haste makes waste

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
... interest rates and... it might not have to wait until the second half. The Financial Times quote BOE monetary policy committee member, Andrew Sentence, saying that, "If we do not start to raise interest rates gradually soon, we risk having to do so more ...

Nationalisation - that ugly word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... US doing the heavy lifting. The minutes of the Bank of England's (BoE) February meeting - where the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted 8-1 to cut interest rates to an all-time low of 1 per cent - revealed that the MPC gave the BoE Governor the green ...

Worst of the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... also confirms the deep anxiety gripping not only the BoE, but also the Chancellor of the Exchequer. BoE Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) member David Blanchflower have voiced out these concerns. While acknowledging that recent policy initiatives made ...