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Showing 501 - 510 of 2017 results for "Financial Markets"

Chief economist update: Aussie property market drop becoming self-fulfilling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... something so good turn out to be so bad? It was all very good just as 2017 was turning into 2018... so good, that financial markets were pencilling in exit strategies from the world's major economies, led by the Fed's on-going move towards policy ...

Chief economist update: Tariff man takes Wall Street down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... on US imports. The Fed may term its policy normalisation efforts as "gradual" but given the reaction in the financial markets (near inversion of the 10-year two-year US bond yield spread - the one that precedes recession) appears to fit more with the ...

New Zealand reviews life insurance commissions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... policies, and ultimately end up funding high commissions through high premiums," the report reads. The country's Financial Markets Authority and the RBNZ are currently undertaking a review of the conduct and culture of New Zealand's life insurers with ...

Chief economist update: RBA more likely to cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... had in each of its previous monthly meetings since it dropped them by 25 basis points way back in August 2016. Financial markets expect the December RBA tete-a-tete to result in more of the same - steady interest rates. This is because the RBA will find ...

ASIC appoints to disciplinary panel

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... appointments ensure the MDP continues to have the appropriate mix of expertise, experience and diversity in Australia's financial markets." "The MDP has achieved some significant regulatory outcomes, particularly over the last couple of years. We want ...

Chief economist update: Where are the BOJ exit speculators now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
In the early months of this year, financial markets were abuzz with speculations that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) would follow the Fed's lead and start implementing an exit strategy. Speculations started to gain prominence as early as January when the ...

Court fines stockbroker $350k

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
... 2016. ASIC Commissioner Cathie Armour said the Market Integrity Rules are vital to ensuring that Australia's financial markets are fair and efficient "Market participants are reminded of the importance of their role as gatekeepers to our markets. If ...

Chief economist update: The money is one Fed rate hike next year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... now to 2.5% at its December 19 meeting to 65.4% from 75.8% a week before. While the odds are still high and financial markets aren't necessarily going to throw a tantrum if the Fed does so before Christmas, it's the changes in the probability ...

Chief economist update: Americans who want work will find it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
Financial markets expect the US Federal Reserve's FOMC meeting this week (7-8 November) to be a ho-hum event. In fact, the CME FedWatch Tool puts the probability of the Fed keeping the fed funds rate at 2-2.25% at 92.8% - almost a sure "no change" ...

Chief economist update: BOE waiting on Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
... trading arrangements, the smoothness of the transition to them and the responses of households, businesses and financial markets. The implications for the appropriate path of monetary policy will depend on the balance of the effects on demand, supply ...