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Expect more regulation on 'too-big-to-fail': Hockey

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
Large financial institutions considered "too big to fail" are likely to be required to have additional protections in case they fail, Treasurer Joe Hockey said at the G20 meeting of Finance ministers in Cairns this weekend. Hockey said that the Financial ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... loading of purchases ahead of the 1 April tax increase - says the BOJ. This is expected to "wane gradually." In fact, BOJ governor Kuroda thinks that the economy "has been growing above its potential growth rate". Yup, Kuroda san said this at his press ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... time in six years. The pound rallied on easing concerns about Scotland's independence vote and hawkish comments from the governor of the Bank of England on interest rates. Tokyo on Thursday climbed 0.76 per cent, or 120.42 points, to finish at an eight-month ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... The Japanese yen weakened by as much as 0.4% against the US dollar the same day - both prompted by Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Haruhiko Kuroda's weekend statement that, "We will continue our current monetary policy... But if there is anything which ...

Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... phenomenon of "polarization"--that is, the reduction in the relative number of middle-skill jobs." Deputy Bank of England governor Ben Broadbent adds: The output data are no longer sufficient statistics for inflationary pressure: even if you have to ...

RBA to business: release the animal in you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... responds to ailments, I retorted. My own tit-for-tat with the "medically-learned one" came to mind as I was reading RBA Governor Glenn Stevens' "Opening Statement to House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics" in Brisbane yesterday (and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... to $US94.48 per barrel and the spot price of gold was down $US3.82 to $US1,295.38. Locally, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens will give testimony to the House of Representatives economics committee. And there is another round of companies ...

Because I'm happy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... the United Kingdom, the Bank of England (BOE) has found another reason to delay raising borrowing costs. According to Governor Mark Carney, it's the slack: "In light of the heightened uncertainty about the current degree of slack, the Committee will ...

All about the slack

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... the ones accused of slacking. Yes Virginia, slack would be on every MPC member's mind. It certainly is on BOE deputy governor of monetary policy Ben Broadbent who, in his recent interview with Bloomberg, stated that, "What's clear is that the amount ...

RBA leaves interest rates on hold

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... has now been at a record low of 2.5 per cent for 12 months. In a statement accompanying the RBA's August rate decision, governor Glenn Stevens maintained his familiar phrase that "the most prudent course is likely to be a period of stability in interest ...