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Chief economist update: Beam us up Scotty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... will happen - perhaps down to negative and up to the point where the Australian central bank is forced into quantitative easing and print Australian dollars. This is because latest survey data disprove Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe's optimism ...

Chief economist update: When QE is not QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
... to maintain over time ample reserve balances at or above the level that prevailed in early September 2019." Quantitative easing is that you? Broadly defined by Investopedia, QE is when the Fed (central banks) increases the money supply by "purchasing ...

Chief economist update: The BOJ needs to run faster to stay in the running

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... trillion yen and about 90 billion yen, respectively". Yes Virginia, the BOJ maintained that it will "continue with "quantitative and qualitative monetary easing (QQE) with yield curve control," aiming to achieve the price stability target of 2%, as long ...

Chief economist update: Germany in the budget's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
... policy" - where many developed country central banks lowered interest rates to zero/negative and/or engaged in quantitative easing. While these prevented the "Great Recession" from turning into an even "Greater Recession" and lifted many world economies ...

Chief economist update: Jerome is in the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
... will not acquiesce to Trump's "demand" to chop rates "by at least 100 basis points, with perhaps some quantitative easing as well". Doing so would just heighten financial market anxiety. Jerome's task is not made any easier by the current internal ...

Chief economist update: Wheels of US recession in motion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... bend to Trump's recent demand to cut the fed funds rate "by at least 100 basis points, with perhaps some quantitative easing as well"? Obeying Trump's diktat would just erode the fed's credibility and independence while at the same time ...

Chief economist update: Tweeting Trump versus totalitarian Xi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2019
... Rate, over a fairly short period of time, should be reduced by at least 100 basis points, with perhaps some quantitative easing as well. If that happened, our Economy would be even better, and the World Economy would be greatly and quickly enhanced-good ...

Chief economist update: Global easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... "We are prepared to do unconventional things if the circumstances warranted it". Negative interest rates? Quantitative easing? You name it! But these policy prescriptions/actions aren't "unconventional" anymore... they have become the convention ...

Chief economist update: Bonds do the limbo rock

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... 0.35%. "The RBNZ could also conduct large scale purchases of either government or corporate bonds, known as quantitative easing" or "the targeted use of fiscal policy to support any unconventional monetary policy," it says. Surely, other central banks ...

Chief economist update: Devilish details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
... inflation target. 'Abenomics' might need a fourth arrow and/or the BOJ will have to go beyond maintaining its "Quantitative and Qualitative Monetary Easing (QQE) with Yield Curve Control" policy.