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Chief economist update: RBA justified to cut rates or not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
... 20. Talking about 'The Labour Market and Spare Capacity', Lowe left nothing to speculators' imagination: "Monetary policy is one way of helping get us onto to a better path. The decision earlier this month will assist here. It will support ...

Chief economist update: Expect an RBNZ rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
... has weakened, and downside risks related to trade activity have intensified. A number of central banks are easing their monetary policy settings to support demand. The weaker global economy is affecting New Zealand through a range of trade, financial ...

Chief economist update: ECB to leave no policy tool unturned

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
... European Central Bank (ECB) concluded its Governing Council meeting on the June 6, not only had it announced to keep monetary policy settings unchanged - repo at 0.00%; marginal lending facility at 0.25%; deposit facility at -0.4% - but it also pushed ...

Chief economist update: BOE lets peers do the heavy lifting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
It appears the Bank of England (BOE) is marching to a different tune. While the BOE's monetary policy committee decided to keep current monetary policy settings at its June meeting just like the Fed and the Bank of Japan, it offered an opposing ...

Chief economist update: Fed plans for Trump contingency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
... [mainly "heightened concerns over trade developments"] will continue to weigh on the outlook and thus call for additional monetary policy accommodation. Many FOMC participants now see that the case for somewhat more accommodative policy has strengthened." ...

Chief economist update: Cash is King

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
... sure, as one FOMC member (I couldn't remember who, or was it Janet Yellen?) once blurted out, we decide on domestic monetary policy based on our domestic conditions and outlook, not on global circumstances. But as the inverted US yield curve forewarns ...

Chief economist update: Expect more of the same from the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... annual pace of increase of about ¥80 trillion. Chances are the BOJ will offer more of the same when it concludes its June monetary policy meeting. Latest economic stats since the Japanese central bank last met have been mixed at best but overall continue ...

BetaShares launches new active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
... "Emerging markets which now dominate world economic production also lead future global economic expansion. The International Monetary Fund predicts these economies will achieve average GDP growth of almost 5% per annum over the medium term, a result ...

Chief economist update: BOE going the wrong way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... around spring 2020". However, faced with the same global challenges and the lingering uncertainty that is Brexit, external monetary policy committee member of the Bank of England (BOE) Michael Saunders said that, "We probably would have to return to ...

Chief economist update: The Budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
... Australian National Accounts were released. While the RBA's rate reduction would certainly help, note that the RBA monetary policy transmission mechanism takes around 12-18 months before it flows through into general economic activity. Suddenly ...