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Unexpected impact of tech on US monetary policy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... has the power to impact employment levels, the rate of economic growth and even prices - the major focus areas of central banks. The falling cost of robots that aid manufacturing is having an impact on the number of jobs available in factories, the Internet ...

Unconstrained fixed income funds gaining institutional support

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
As central banks grapple with quantitative easing and markets look towards a period of instability, institutional investors are rethinking traditional fixed income approaches. Henderson Global Investors head of fixed income Phil Apel told Financial ...

Liberalise economy or prepare for war, warns economist

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... Germany declared war on Russia markets were going along very nicely." Rickards also stressed the limitations of central banks, saying they only have the power to deal with cyclical problems, not the structural crises such as the ones he claims we are ...

No drama at the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... of weakening in Europe and Japan that is expected to be met with easier monetary conditions by their respective central banks that make the RBA outlook still valid. "The prices of bulk commodities have declined in the past three months. The largest falls ...

Hold fire: Emerging market debt set for correction

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... combination of cheap money and quantitative easing pumping liquidity into the system. Cheap funding freed emerging market central banks to relax their fiscal policies and allowed companies to expand aggressively. However, the tide of liquidity is now ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... BOJ (Bank of Japan)," Mr Shamu said. "Overall, it seems the global economy are hoping for some cheap funds from central banks to keep things going." Telstra was the largest company to go ex-dividend on Wednesday and shed 17 cents, or three per cent to ...

Stagflation is real in Brazil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... after trading as high 2,005.04 points while we slept.... "the only explanation I can find is the love it's found" in central banks' forward guidance of easy money going forward. But it's not only Wall Street that's benefitting, Brazil's stock market ...

Voya appoints head of emerging market debt

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... Investors are thinking about the best ways to be positioned in the market, especially in light of the next moves by central banks around the world. Voya IM's active decision-making process is focused on seeking out the best investments from a broad landscape ...

Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... unemployment is at the heart of the macro dynamics that shape short- and medium-term inflation, meaning it also affects central banks. Indeed, even when there are no risks to price stability, but unemployment is high and social cohesion at threat, pressure ...

Fear me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... 20 November 2008? You, me and Dupree know the reason behind investors' relative complacency do we not? It's the central banks and their commitment to benevolence towards financial markets. Never mind the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan that ...