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Money managers eye household debt

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
The US Federal Reserve is raising interest rates and other central banks have signalled they too will pare stimulatory measures introduced in the wake of the GFC, all of which has significant consequences for money managers in 2018. The Reserve Bank ...

Inflated attention on September US CPI inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... higher next year and to reach 2% by 2019." Yet, the CME FedWatch Tool showed the probability of the Fed raising interest rates this coming December slipping to 81.7% from 82.7% before the CPI report's release and 87.8% a week prior. The less than 100% ...

Inflation matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... had been over the target since April. This justifies expectations that the UK central bank should start raising interest rates now and quick to alleviate downward pressure on the pound and upward pressure on prices. But this is easier said than done. ...

Mexican pain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
... the peso's decline and its flow through into consumer price inflation, Banco de Mexico has responded by raising interest rates. The Mexican central bank lifted its key interest rates by another 50 basis points to 6.25% on 9 February. This is the highest ...

A mining renaissance courtesy of President Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... biggest commodity exports - along with a lower Australian dollar (for there seems to be stopping the Fed from raising interest rates in December now) - would be a boon for the domestic economy. The price of iron ore has rallied by 23.2% on the week of ...

Not happy Jan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... heck, if inflation is busting to rear its ugly head sometime soon, Janet and Co can always catch up by raising interest rates one... after the other. A great deal easier than the risks a premature lift-off could engender - even greater volatility in ...

Speculation springs eternal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... chief economist Catherine Mann six days later - I repeat, six days later - when she told Reuters that, ""Raising interest rates now would remove uncertainty in the markets". Goes to show that Janet doesn't give a hoo-ha about what we think. So here we ...

VicSuper awards $100m corporate bonds mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... we believe that the economic conditions, both in Australia and globally will inevitably lead to the RBA raising interest rates in the medium term," VicSuper chief investment officer Oscar Fabian said. "However uncertainty surrounds the timing and extent ...

It's the Fed, stupid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... MarketWatch, founder and head honcho of Bridgewater Associates, Ray Dalio, expects the Fed to QE". "Never mind raising interest rates - Ray Dalio, founder of the world's largest hedge fund, is predicting that the Federal Reserve will launch a fresh round ...

Should the Fed re-launch QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
Ask not when the Fed would start raising interest rates but whether the Fed should re-launch QE. Let's take a trip back to 29 July, Virginia - the day the Fed released its policy statement at the conclusion of its 28-29 July FOMC meeting - it was sliced ...