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Punting on next week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... RBA plays scrooge - it'll up interest rates next week. It always baffles me when financial markets speculate on central banks' decisions based on one figure and a dated one at that. If it were this simple, anyone could be a central banker. Inflation ...

CFS GAM makes a case for raising govt debt

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
... forcing up interest rates. Halmarick rejects the crowding out thesis, arguing that superannuation funds, foreign central banks, and local banks could easily absorb increased bond issuance without pushing up borrowing costs. Only 2 per cent, or less than ...

Bad, bad day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... uncertainties that are still out there on the table for everyone to see. To remind every one of what governments and central banks are fighting against. One thing's for sure, central bank money would continue to flood the system until economic recovery ...

QE2 or bust

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... trying to address it." So now all we have to do is sit, relax and wait for QE2 to sail our way. The Fed and other central banks would now come to fill in for the job that the bond vigilantes prevented their fiscal counterparts from completing. Yes, I ...

Australia's big bro

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
... Australian dollar is now heading towards parity with the big dollar. China is one of the major reasons why despite the central banks of the larger economies of the US, Japan and Europe are still far from contemplating raising interest rates, the Reserve ...

Gotta love gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
... considered a non-appreciating, non-interest bearing asset. In the late 1990s, gold lost its glitter as European central banks unloaded their gold reserve holdings unto the market. The price of the yellow metal dropped from a cycle high of US$410.55 per ...

A "race to the bottom" in currencies

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010
The world's major central banks are in danger of setting off a mercantilist race to the bottom as they attempt to gain competitiveness through artificial currency debasement, analysts say. After six years of abstinence, the Japanese Ministry of Finance ...

CB thoughts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... foreboding of another recession, there are also lots pointing to brighter skies just over the horizon. Maybe the central banks know where we "go to my lovely"? But even they appear to be in disagreement too. Here's a recap of the Fed's thoughts and those ...

Inflation no show

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... that the house burnt down two months ago. No! In fact, the RBA is one of the most pro-active and forward-looking central banks in the world. Its monetary policy decisions are based on a comprehensive assessment of economic and financial market conditions ...

On caution's side

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... domestic activity. Not when Europe continues to threaten. What's going for the RBA is that, unlike most major world central banks (with zero to near-zero interest rates), by raising interest rates early, it has put itself in a position whereby it could ...