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O Canada

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... Bank of Canada's (BOC) optimistic outlook for the economy. Exports account for about 30% of Canada's GDP. In its monetary policy meeting of 12th April, the Canadian central bank stated that, "During the rest of this year and into 2018 and 2019, growth ...

Let me down gently

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... lending was led by a 5.9% drop in lending for investment housing - the segment the RBA alluded to in its April monetary policy statement -- "A reduced reliance on interest-only housing loans in the Australian market would also be a positive development." ...

Too much ado about Fed reinvesting nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
... what's the problem? What's Wall Street spooked about? It's the natural progression towards the normalisation of monetary policy, a natural policy response to an economy that no longer requires a crutch and might even do a high jump (if Trump's tax cuts ...

RBA dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
... Australia's (RBA) boardroom today when Governor Philip Lowe and his team deliberate on what to do with the country's monetary policy settings. Financial markets expect the Australian central bank to announce no change in interest rates this month. Yes ...

ECB nips the bud of rate hike speculations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... Bank (ECB) would soon taper its policy accommodation measures soon. While the Governing Council voted to keep monetary policy settings unchanged following their 9 March meeting - and its forward guidance nearly a rehash of the message at the 9 January ...

Less than expected but good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
Japan's latest trade stat indicates that the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) optimism, noted in its March monetary policy statement that, "Exports are expected to follow a moderate increasing trend on the back of an improvement in overseas economies" is perhaps ...

RBNZ on ice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... -inflation - "Global headline inflation has increased... Core inflation has been low and stable" - and expects "monetary policy to remain stimulatory". In addition, it noted that while GDP was weaker than expected in the December quarter, this is due ...

Price-pressured

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
The latest inflation stats out of the UK gave additional credence to BOE monetary policy committee member Kristin Forbes' dissent - she "considered it appropriate to increase Bank Rate by 25 basis points" -- at the March meeting. Along with the low ...

Higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
... residential property prices brought home the Reserve Bank of Australia's current concerns and noted in its March monetary policy statement: "Conditions in the housing market vary considerably around the country. In some markets, conditions are strong ...

One Direction and the BOE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... points to 0.75% - 1.0% at its 15-16 March FOMC meeting - the BOE did what markets expected, it maintained current monetary policy settings - the Bank Rate at a record low of 0.25% and maintained the stock of purchased assets at £435 billion on the 16th ...