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BOJ in (tactical) retreat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... kick back, relax and await the official "deal" announcement. Speaking of announcements, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) announced an unexpected cut in its official cash rate from 3.5% to 3.25% -- the first rate reduction since March 2011 -- "given ...

Currency warriors, mount horses and draw swords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... Australia, India, Singapore, China, Peru, Turkey, Russia and Canada; QE by the ECB; more (or longer) QE by the BOJ; and the RBNZ's policy hawk to dove reversal. Financial markets expect more easing moves from the same central banks and from others joining ...

Someone mentioned the "S-word" on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014

This means war (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... surprise uptick in January industrial production. Not to mention, New Zealand. Its economy is gaining such momentum that the RBNZ raised interest rates there only yesterday. Only yesterday, too, we learned that while the unemployment rate remained at ...

You go NZ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... it! Extra! Wheeler has just wheeled out of the club this morning. Oh sorry, that's Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor (RBNZ) Graeme Wheeler to us. And heavens bless his soul, else I would be stuck repeating the oh so many iterations about China, Russia/Ukraine/US ...

Down, down, dollar down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
... rose to a four-year high against the Japanese yen, one-month highs against the euro and the New Zealand dollar (helped by RBNZ Governor Graeme Wheeler's confession that the central bank has intervened in the currency markets to slow the NZ$'s ascent) ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket posted modest gains after offshore markets rose and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) said the current level of the official cash rate was likely to remain appropriate for some time. The benchmark NZX-50 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... overnight. The benchmark NZX-50 index closed up 5.56 points, or 0.159 per cent, at 3,492.043 after opening up 6.29 points. The RBNZ is expected to hold the official cash rate at 2.5 per cent at 9am tomorrow and not raise it until the fourth quarter.

Oil central bank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... Reserve Bank of New Zealand cut interest rates by 50 bps back to its GFC level of 2.50 per cent. This is no longer big news nor RBNZ Governor Alan Bollard's explanation. "We have acted preemptively in reducing the cash rate to lessen the economic impact ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... sharemarket failed to keep pace with markets in Asia today as investors waited to see if the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) will cut the official cash rate (OCR) on Thursday. The benchmark NZX-50 index closed down 6.748 points, or 0.197 percent ...