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Where's the Brexit-induced recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... weakness, particularly in business investment (due to Brexit uncertainty), have prompted Bank of England (BOE) governor Mark Carney to ponder some form of policy stimulus when the BOE next meets this month (14 July).

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
... painful experience of this". BOE on Brexit In a statement after the Brexit result, Bank of England (BOE) governor Mark Carney said that, "The Bank of England cannot (and should not) stand in the way of these necessary adjustments. But we will work to ...

Dear Chancellor

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
... target: 2.0%. The BOE Governor sent four letters of explanation in 2015 and one (so far) on 4 February this year. In it, Mark Carney wrote, "The underlying causes of below-target inflation are unchanged since my previous letter: falls in commodity prices ...

Investor group welcomes carbon disclosure inquiry

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016

Lift-off on Carney's mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
It's now safe to go back in the waters... This, perhaps, was what's in Bank of England (BOE) governor Mark Carney mind when, a day after news of the Greek deal, he told the UK Treasury select committee that: "The point at which interest rates may begin ...

No downing the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... did and has done again. Around this time last year, markets expected the BOE to raise interest rates by late-2014, Gov Carney then changed the 7.0% unemployment trigger to a "threshold" and introduced "forward guidance" instead, causing interest rate ...

'Brexit' betting booths now taking bets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... of the man who brought it first to central banks' lexicon - Bank of England's (BOE) Canadian central bank import, Mark Carney. Mark Carney has not lifted a finger - no alteration in monetary policy - since he assumed his position as BOE Governor back ...

Google insurance coming soon

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
... comparator website Beat That Quote in 2012 which it has transformed into Google Compare, but Forrester Research analyst Ellen Carney reported in a tech industry blog last week that Google has lodged insurance licensing applications in 28 US states. On ...

Forward guidance at its best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
It's them, not us! This is the not so subtle message Bank of England (BOE) Governor Mark Carney delivered at his opening remarks following the release of the BOE's Quarterly Inflation Report last night. But of course, being the astute central banker ...