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Gotta love gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
... Market Committee (FOMC) meeting last week has given gold extra shine. The FOMC statement that accompanied the September meeting sparked speculation that the US central bank would ease monetary policy further - through quantitative easing - very soon. ...

CB thoughts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... The same goes for the Bank of Japan -- maybe worse. The BOJ also kept rates on hold at 0.1 per cent at its 6-7 September meeting. But before that, it called an emergency meeting on 30 August because of political pressure for action on the yen's appreciation ...

Stuck at zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... agency mortgage-backed securities and US$175 billion of agency debt - this was reduced from US$200 billion in the September meeting -- through to the first quarter of 2010. Yes Virginia, the Fed's got our back. There is nothing to fear. Buy, buy...and ...

US payrolls jitters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... UK central bank kept its benchmark interest rate steady at 5 per cent. It is likely that the minutes of the September meeting will reveal the same 3-way split that characterised the July and August meetings. During these meetings, one member voted to ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
... process at the IMF as a result of the size and growth of these economies. The proposition will be taken up at the September meeting of the IMF and the World Bank in Singapore where there is expected to be significant opposition from the larger European ...
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