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CPI says RBA no go on Melbourne Cup Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
... average of these two core inflation gauges (1.5%) is bang on the RBA's 2016 forecast in its August Statement on Monetary Policy (SoMP). No one wants to be caught with their pants down swimming against the tide for the tide has turned after the CPI report. ...

The Fed "live" in November

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... with the forward guidance she gave after the 21 September FOMC meeting: "This cautious approach to paring back monetary policy support is all the more appropriate given that short-term interest rates are still near zero, which means that we can more ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... 5.6% in September from 5.7% in the previous month as the participation rate decreased to 64.5% from 64.7%. ECB monetary policy decision The European Central Bank (ECB) kept monetary policy unchanged at its 20 October governing council meeting, marking ...

Slow, slower, slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... interesting because, to me, it somehow explains the losing battle/diminishing successes of the central banks' monetary policy measures. This is because while the different and differing policy initiatives designed and instituted by the central banks ...

No new monetary policy moves on horizon: AB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
Don't anticipate any further significant easing of monetary policy or any aggressive policy tightening any time soon, AllianceBernstein (AB) has said at a media briefing in Sydney. With its impact having been both minor and unpopular to date, any more ...

Christmas in September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... even higher to ¥100.32. The yen had a similar reaction when the BOJ launched its "Quantitative and Qualitative Monetary Policy Easing with a Negative Interest Rate" on the 29th of January this year -- the yen fell to ¥121.14 from ¥118.82 the day before ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... earlier points to a near-term improvement. Japan trade balance While the world awaits the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) monetary policy decision, freshly-released trade data confirms speculations that the Japanese central bank will announce further easing in ...

The twenty-first night of September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... whether it's by chance or by design but both the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan will announce their monetary policy decision on 21 September. Nothing wrong with that... except that the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker expect the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... report show that the RBA governor's constant nagging may have finally gotten through to the government (because monetary policy can only do so much) with fiscal spending adding significantly to overall second quarter growth -- government consumption ...

Negative rates can generate positive returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
... investment portfolio in fixed income with the view it diversifies against equities and prepares for ongoing global monetary policy shifts. The fund's head of investment strategy, Damian Lillicrap, said QSuper is no longer willing to hold the countries ...