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May sell may go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... we can deepen negative rates much more," Kuroda declared at a news conference after the Japanese central bank's monetary policy meeting held on 27-28 April. But perhaps, financial markets only used the BOJ as an excuse to sell. After all, even the ECB's ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
... decision The BOJ disappointed financial market expectations for more stimulus measures when it decided to keep monetary policy on hold following its 27-28 April Board meeting. More so when stats released on the very same day it announced its decision ...

BoJ now top 10 shareholder in 200 stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... predicting investment in ETFs will almost double to ¥7 trillion as early as tomorrow's release of the latest monetary policy statement. This, Bloomberg says, could see it become the number one shareholder in about 40 Nikkei 225 companies by the end ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
ECB policy decision As expected, the European Central Bank (ECB) kept monetary policy unchanged - repo rate at 0%; marginal lending facility rate at 0.25%; deposit facility rate at minus 0.4%; monthly purchases at €80 billion - at its 21 April meeting. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... been accompanied by an appreciation of the Australian dollar, which also partly reflected the expectation that US monetary policy would be more accommodative over the coming year than had been anticipated earlier."...and concerns, "Members noted that ...

BlackRock's Fink issues stark warning for global economy

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
Shifting energy costs, the waning Chinese construction boom, extraordinary monetary policy and the rise of automation mean the global economy is now more fragile than at any point since the financial crisis, according to the head of the world's largest ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... latest labour market stats should ease pressure on the Korean central bank to cut interest rates. It has kept monetary policy on hold since June 2015 when it announced a 25 basis point reduction that took interest rates to a record low 1.5%.

Housing market set to flat line not crash: QIC

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... cycle moves from the banks in terms of the lending rates. So those factors, we think, are going to contribute to monetary policy and further easing," said Miall. Concluding Miall said: "We recognise that housing has had a big run up, housing affordability ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... rose to 11.8% from 11.6 in February. Eurozone household credit The European Central Bank's (ECB) accommodative monetary policy appears to be having their intended effect, lifting credit to households and non-financial companies. Loans to households grew ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... sanctions will continue to batter Moscow's economic fortunes. Worse, the Bank of Russia has no room to provide monetary policy accommodation because it deems that "inflation risks remain high". The Russian central bank kept interest rates unchanged at ...