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Chief economist update: Changing to Lagarde

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
... monetary policy settings unchanged at its 12 December Governing Council meeting. "...the interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility will remain unchanged at 0.00% ...

Chief economist update: Arrivederci Signor Draghi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... the asset purchase programme (APP), (iv) modifications to the modalities of the new series of targeted longer-term refinancing operations (TLTRO III), and (v) the introduction of a two-tier system for reserve remuneration." Draghi was listed as the 8th ...

Chief economist update: The greatest central banker of modern times

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... the asset purchase programme (APP), (iv) modifications to the modalities of the new series of targeted longer-term refinancing operations (TLTRO III), and (v) the introduction of a two-tier system for reserve remuneration." But Super Mario is getting ...

Chief economist update: Whatever it takes, however long it takes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... decided to lower the interest rate on the deposit facility by 10 basis points to -0.50%." The interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the rate on the marginal lending facility will remain unchanged at their current levels of 0.00% and 0.25% ...

Chief economist update: Global easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... do much more stimulation. Whatever happened to Abe's three arrows? The European Central Bank's (ECB) main refinancing rate had been at zero since March 2016 and while it had ended QE in December last year, it's launching TLTRO III (targeted ...

Chief economist update: ECB exit proves premature

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
... dynamics. So much so, the ECB is now canvassing fresh policy initiatives even before TLTRO III (targeted longer-term refinancing operations) comes into operation this coming September.

Home buyers lack basic financial concepts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
... 40% turn to digital resources. Forty-one percent of the home buyers surveyed admitted that they did not know what refinancing is. Despite the significant gaps in financial literacy among home buyers, 43% of respondents considered themselves financially ...

Chief economist update: ECB digs deeper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2019
... payments from maturing securities. The ECB also announced the launched of a new series of quarterly targeted longer-term refinancing operations (TLTRO-III) designed to "help to preserve favourable bank lending conditions and the smooth transmission of ...

Chief economist update: The AUD's resilience

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
... now lest prices continue increasing in the future. However, the Fed's pause, the ECB's targeted longer-term refinancing operations (TLTRO) III, and perhaps soon, another easing (in some form or another) from the BOJ is negating the downward pressure ...

Chief economist update: Is TLTRO III coming?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... month. This could be the reason behind fresh speculations that the ECB could launch TLTRO III (targeted longer-term refinancing operations) as soon as next month or early next year - the ECB announced TLTRO I on 5 June 2014 and TLTRO II on 10 March 2016 ...