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It's "whatever it takes" time again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
... why financial markets welcomed last night's ECB announcement that it would "review and possibly reconsider our monetary policy stance at our next meeting in early March in order to secure a return of inflation rates towards levels below, but close to ...

Drown baby, drown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
... more pronounced by economic agents and financial markets anticipating rising inflation which, in turn, leads to monetary policy tightening to quell inflationary pressures - and acting/trading, accordingly. These days, cheaper oil has become bad. Certainly ...

Lesson in expectations management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... "Looking ahead, we expect the economic recovery to proceed. Domestic demand should be further supported by our monetary policy measures and their favourable impact on financial conditions, as well as by the earlier progress made with fiscal consolidation ...

JPMorgan Global Strategic Bond Fund added to more platforms

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
... changes in the economic and market environment. "Given the volatility we're seeing in markets and the divergence in monetary policy globally, we believe a fixed income approach that provides flexibility to invest in a diverse range of segments as well ...

The Fed's done it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
... modest increase in the federal funds rate target is now appropriate, recognizing that even after this increase monetary policy remains accommodative. As I will explain, the process of normalizing interest rates is likely to proceed gradually, although ...

Three days to lift off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... US Federal Reserve walks its talk. Come the 16th of December, America's central bank begins its quest to return monetary policy back to normal - exactly seven years to the day when it first dropped the fed funds rate from 1.0% to 0-0.25% on 16th of December ...

Four steps up, four steps down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
Is the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) just toying with monetary policy or what? This is the feeling one gets when one looks at the history of the RBNZ's adjustments to its official cash rate target over the past few years. Yesterday's decision by ...

Economist says innovation one small part of growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
... government does need to come to grips with that and promote a friendly mix of taxation and spending." In terms of monetary policy, Lawson does not see a lot of positive global factors benefitting Australia in 2016. He said export volume growth will remain ...

Did ECB under-deliver or markets over-expect?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... meeting - ever since the ECB President promised at his 22 October press conference in Malta that, "The degree of monetary policy accommodation will need to be re-examined at our December meeting". The euro had been steadily depreciating since then - ...

The Fed could get it wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... wrong... as they did back in September 2008? Yup, now that we're all staring at the prospect of the return of US monetary policy back to normality let's go back to when it started turning abnormal. September 16, 2008 - Fed FOMC meeting day and the day ...