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Asset manager profits under pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... the first year since the mid-80s that world trade grew more slowly than the global economy. Second, the era of monetary policy instruments being the "policy tool of choice" has come to a close with central banks having diminishing impact on domestic ...

Three for three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
Three major world central banks met this week - all three kept monetary policy unchanged, all three expect better growth ahead. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) was first off the bat. The Japanese central bank decided to keep policy settings as they are at the ...

Sunrise sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
Markets don't expect the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to alter monetary policy settings after it concludes its 30-31 January meeting. Just as well for indications remain ambivalent. Sunrise. Manufacturing activity expansion accelerates. The Nikkei Japan flash ...

Instos must stress test: Mercer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... the stronger growth and higher inflation expected over the coming year. "This coincides with a period in which monetary policy is likely to become less supportive, creating the potential for increased volatility in financial markets. The changing political ...

Activity and inflation going Yellen's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... Chair Janet Yellen's speech at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, California. Talking about "The Goals of Monetary Policy and How We Pursue Them", Yellen all but confirmed continued increases in the fed funds rate. "What I can tell you is what we ...

Investors must look further than US: J.P. Morgan

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... predicts austerity will become "a phrase for the history books" as Eurozone governments elect for fiscal over monetary policy. However, Craig encourages investors to keep their eye on the political situation as the populations of Germany, France, the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... is the highest reading since September last year and an improvement from the previous month's 26 reading. Japan monetary policy decision As was widely expected, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) kept its benchmark interest rates unchanged minus 0.1% at its 20 ...

The good and the bad in the Fed rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... speculations - it came to pass. The stars aligned enabling Janet to move nearer from turning almost a decade of abnormal monetary policy into normal. Two days less of a full year, the Fed followed up its lift-off with another 25 basis point lift, taking ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
... improvement going forward. Eurozone ECB policy decision As expected, the European Central Bank (ECB) kept its monetary policy unchanged - repo rate at 0%; deposit rate at -0.4%; marginal lending rate at 0.25%; and asset purchases at €80 billion until ...

Trump's helping hand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
... that this could mark the beginning of the end of low-flation and, in turn, the dawn of a return to a more normal monetary policy. Just in case you start worrying that inflation would jump to the other extreme, the US dollar's appreciation over the past ...