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Chief economist update: RBNZ keeps policy steady on unsteady outlook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
... (RBNZ) policy statement following the conclusion of its April 14 monetary policy meeting. The RBNZ kept the official cash rate unchanged at 0.25% and maintained the existing LSAP programme of a maximum of $100 billion by June 2022, and the existing Funding ...

Chief economist update: RBA promises support over the next three years

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021
... the central bank's board meeting on April 6 when it decided to keep current policy settings unchanged - official cash rate at 0.1%; 3-year government bond yield target at 0.1%; and "the parameters of the Term Funding Facility and the government bond ...

Chief economist update: Money plus confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
... 2021 is virtually increasing liquidity in the system. While the RBA kept interest rate settings unchanged - official cash rate and yield on three-year Australian government bonds at 0.1%, and the parameters of its Term Funding Facility at its February ...

Chief economist update: RBA extends QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... Oi! However, the RBA's action betrays its optimism. While the RBA kept interest rate settings unchanged - official cash rate and yield on 3-year Australian government bonds at 0.1%, and the parameters of its Term Funding Facility - it also decided ...

Chief economist update: Letter V going viral in Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... of Australia (RBA) has provided more money. At its 3 November Board meeting, it went a-cutting bringing the official cash rate target down to 0.1% from 0.25%; the target for the yield on the three-year Australian Government bond down to around 0.1% ...

Chief economist update: Budget me this Batman

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... of its October 6 meeting. It may have disappointed financial markets' expectations for a lowering of the official cash rate from a record low 0.25% to 0.1%, and its three-year bond target and Term Funding Facility (TFF) to below 0.25%, but the Morrison ...

Chief economist update: Australia's third arrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... tidings. October 6 is RBA meeting day, the day financial markets expect the Australian central bank to lower the official cash rate from a record low 0.25% to 0.1%, and its three-year bond target and Term Funding Facility (TFF) to below 0.25%. October ...

Chief economist update: RBA increases and extends TFF

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept domestic interest rates unchanged - the targets for the official cash rate at 0.25% and the yield on 3-year Australian Government bonds at 25 basis points - at its September meeting, as expected. What came as ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 cuts capex

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... since the March 2016 quarter - one of the factors that prompted the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to cut the official cash rate from 2.0% to 1.75% in April and then again to 1.5% in August of the same year. Eighteen months on -- the time back in August ...

Boutique launches multi-asset fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... largest multi-asset fund in New Zealand and has been running since April, 2010. Its current benchmark is the official cash rate plus 2.5% per year. Since the 2010 launch, it has returned 10.55% p.a. Shorter-term returns stand at 3.74% (three months) ...