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A 1987-style crash cometh (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... in US economic fundamentals in recent months. Not when you factor in Not when you consider that the major world central banks' promise to act if necessary to deliver sustainable growth. When I find myself in times of trouble, mother Janet Yellen comes ...

Dumping dear momos

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... trade surplus inputted in the National Accounts? It is an addition to GDP. Overlayed in all these good news are the central banks' monetary policy actions, "forward guidance" and what have you's. The Fed and the BOE have already altered their thresholds ...

Australian budget to blow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... extrapolate current trends into the future and assume that economies operate in a vacuum and that governments and central banks would sit idly by and watch everything go kaboom and other economic agents don't adjust accordingly... and global economies ...

Better than good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... pessimistic about the future with manufacturers planning to reduce capital expenditures. So what gives? What gives is that central banks are expected to continue to keep on giving until the bad becomes good and the good, better, that's what gives. A ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... Spooner said. "Typically, you see a bit of an announcement effect, which is negative for equity markets, whenever central banks talk about interest rates." Historically, the start of a period of tightening interest rates was usually bullish for markets ...

A-dollar zero point six six

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... a degree of financial stress in China..." (SMH) Goldman Sachs was in on the if's too -- IF "reserve managers at central banks reduce their demand for the Australian dollar, and as global demand for commodities falls". (SMH) Sounds really 'iffy' to me. ...

G-20 goes for growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... (that I know of) that the grouping put on paper an explicit growth target. For two, three of the world's biggest central banks - the Fed and the Bank of England (BOE) - were already acting to ensure growth is assured even before the pledge by guiding ...

Confusing versus credible

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... strong as the unemployment rate thresholds suggest. It's also all good for as long as the markets play along with the central banks' game of moving the goalposts. But judging from last night's trading activity - where the pound sterling and yields on ...

Watch central banks closely, warns Neuberger Berman

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014
... major economies," Neuberger Berman president and chief investment officer Joseph Amato said. "As the Fed and other central banks adjust their approaches, investors should remain alert. Inflation trends remain moderate and we do not expect a significant ...

CB onslaught

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... boring or excitements galore. This is how I see this week's financial market activity Virginia - the week when major central banks dominate. We'll be given an intimate look at the debates and discussions on monetary policy at the US Federal Reserve (Fed) ...