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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
... happen... in August. This was the Bank of England's message after its 14 July policy deliberations - the first monetary policy committee meeting post-Brexit -- where it left the Bank Rate unchanged at 0.5% and maintained its asset purchases at £375 ...

Australian elections just gave uncertainty a top up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
... was Australia's improving economic outlook. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets tomorrow to deliberate on monetary policy. It's almost certain to keep policy unchanged until some of these uncertainties become more certain. Next month, when the ...

PROFILE: Industry Super Australia chief economist Stephen Anthony

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... expenditure is well and truly below the levels that many would expect post-GFC, and especially among the current monetary policy settings. This has driven up the prices of assets like equities and bonds and "relatively made things like investments in ...

Fixed income, smart beta need better access

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... and developed market growth. One thing to get us out of this will be when fiscal policy steps up to the plate. Monetary policy is experiencing diminishing returns in terms of its effectiveness," McNaughton said.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... its statement, the BOT noted some risks to the Thai economy that include: "the fragile global economic recovery, monetary policy divergence among major advanced economies, the result of the EU Referendum in the UK ('Brexit') and financial stability concerns ...

Parting could be such sweet sorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
... 2019 would be 5.6% lower than it would otherwise have been sans Brexit. There's the Bank of England (BOE): In its monetary policy committee meeting held last week, the BOE noted that, "the most significant risks to the MPC's forecast concern the referendum. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... Australian labour market and the absence of a big surprise - up or down - provides no immediate implication for RBA monetary policy adjustment. US CPI inflation Headline consumer prices increased by 0.2% in May, slowing from April's 0.4% monthly gain ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
US Fed monetary policy decision No one expected the Fed to alter monetary settings this month - and they didn't - primarily due to the disappointing May employment report released in early June - and it was, "Information received since the Federal Open ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
... central bank unexpectedly cut interest rates by 25 basis points to a new record low of 1.25% following its 9 June monetary policy meeting because, "...exports have continued their trend of decline and the improvements in domestic demand activities such ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
RBA holds The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept domestic monetary policy settings steady at its 7 June Board meeting, announcing no change in the official cash rate which the central bank cut to a record low 1.75% at its 3 May meeting. "Taking account ...