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Chief economist update: Local and foreign love affair with Australian property

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2021
... improvement in the domestic labour market and the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) continued accommodative monetary policy.

Chief economist update: UK not there yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
Financial markets widely expected the Bank of England's (BOE) decision to keep current monetary policy settings unchanged at its June monetary policy committee meeting. "The MPC voted unanimously to maintain Bank Rate at 0.1%... and to maintain ...

Chief economist update: Anchoring the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... Lagarde's answers to an interview with 'Politico' asking how long the single-currency region's fiscal and monetary policy support would remain in place. This comes four days after the European Central Bank convened on the 10th of June ...

Chief economist update: US inflation may not be as transitory as the Fed believes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... continue to accelerate even after the base effects are washed out of the stats? Recent indications are that continued monetary and fiscal policy largesse would put a lotta money in Americans' pockets, in addition to the higher wages they'll get ...

Chief economist update: RBA cash rate on ice until 2024

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) June board meeting was largely a ho-hum affair. As expected, the RBA left monetary policy settings unchanged; "including: the targets of 10 basis points for the cash rate and the yield on the 3-year Australian government ...

Chief economist update: OECD upgrades global growth but advises continued policy support

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
... delay the economic rebound," the OECD said. The OECD prescribes central banks in advanced economies should keep monetary policy settings accommodative and allow "temporary overshooting of headline inflation... provided underlying price pressures are ...

Chief economist: The path to normality

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... "Residents' consumption is still constrained and investment growth is insufficient," adding that "prudent" monetary policy would be flexible, targeted and appropriate. China's central command agrees. In their meeting conducted a day after (May ...

Chief economist update: A half-glass full look at inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... forward as Mr. and Mrs. Jones buy now before prices rise even more later. The Fed's forward guidance that monetary policy would remain accommodative "until at least 2023" offers extra incentive to "buy now pay later". The Biden administration's ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
... economy and, therefore, little upward pressure on inflation. Ergo, the US Federal Reserve will continue to keep monetary policy settings highly accommodative as would fiscal policy. However, there are reports that the discouraging non-farm payrolls number ...

Chief economist update: Japan's elusive virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
As expected, the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) monetary policy board decided to keep current settings unchanged at its April meeting. Ever the optimist, the BOJ summarised its view in its "Outlook for Economic Activity and Prices (April 2021)" report, saying ...