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No other way but up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... Banking Committee and the House Financial Services Committee. One that's also mentioned in the February monetary policy statement: "...the actual path of the federal funds rate will depend on the economic outlook as informed by incoming data". The optimism ...

Steady as she grows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... only has the RBA left policy unchanged, except for a few minor tweaks in the wording, this month's "Monetary Policy Statement" is identical to that of the February statement. Not that the RBA has any reason to alter policy settings up or down. More so ...

Going good but there are risks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... (RBA) end-2017 growth forecasts of 2.5%-3.5% and 2.75%-3.75% in 2018 (published in its February 2017 monetary policy statement). The RBA predicted the unemployment rate to be between 5% and 6% this year and the next. The OECD's rationales for its projections ...

BoJ now top 10 shareholder in 200 stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... predicting investment in ETFs will almost double to ¥7 trillion as early as tomorrow's release of the latest monetary policy statement. This, Bloomberg says, could see it become the number one shareholder in about 40 Nikkei 225 companies by the end ...

RBNZ cuts rates, biased towards further easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
... New Zealand central bank will keep interest rates unchanged after this morning's board meeting. In its monetary policy statement, the RBNZ explained its decision as prompted by the deterioration in the global outlook since December, increased financial ...

Japan does a double double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
It appears that for the Bank of Japan (BOJ) it's not a case of "be careful what you wish for..." and positive thinking for it's not working positively on its economy. Despite repeating the mantra that the economy continue to recover moderately and that ...

Lift-off off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... further downward pressure on inflation in the near term." These were the words in the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy statement of September used to justify the US central bank's decision not to lift interest rates last month notwithstanding planet-wide ...

Damned lies and (actual) stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... someday, one day, it's prophecy for a stronger Nippon would become self-fulfilling. Banzai! In its April monetary policy statement for instance, the BOJ stated that, "Business fixed investment has been on a moderate increasing trend." Yet, the latest ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... out. In Australia, the market on Friday was weaker for a third straight day after the Reserve Bank's monetary policy statement took the shine off banking stocks and falling crude oil prices belted energy stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down ...

Steady with a chance of a surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... 2013. As far as yen and the Nikkei-225 index are concerned, the BOJ is correct in saying in its last monetary policy statement that, "Quantitative and qualitative monetary easing (QQE) has been exerting its intended effects..." Not quite so for its other ...