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PBOC to QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... traction (and amount) following comments made by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences researcher Liu Yihui that he expects the Ministry of Finance to allow as much as 10 trillion yuan (US$1.6 trillion) to be swapped. China's vice-finance minister Zhu Guangyao ...

Assistant Treasurer Sinodinos resigns

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014
Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos has resigned from the ministry. The decision is expected to trigger a ministerial reshuffle. The decision paves the way for Prime Minister Tony Abbott to reshuffle his frontbench as early as this weekend. "I will ...

Real stagflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... help support the economy. Then again, it would also add upward pressure to inflation. Hopes are for Brazil's Finance Ministry to do more growth stimulating while the central bank is busy driving inflation out of town. But as finance minister Guido Mantega ...

ECB QE go riding on Fed QE stop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... disappointing economic stats out of Germany - the eurozone's biggest and its economic engine - underscored by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs significant downgrade to its growth to 1.2% (from 1.8%) this year and 1.3% (from 2.0%) in 2015 and bearing ...

Arthur's back. Wait, no he's not

COLIN BRINSDEN, AAP ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... making the announcement under the name of suspended frontbencher Arthur Sinodinos, suggesting he had been restored to the ministry. The department later corrected the name to Finance Minister and Acting Assistant Treasurer Mathias Cormann. "Treasury ...

MySuper fees approaching KiwiSaver best practice

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... Regulators (a NZ official group that includes the NZ Financial Markets Authority; NZ Treasury; the Reserve Bank of NZ; and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment) it was revealed that the weighted average Total Expense Ratios (TER) for all ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... International Monetary Fund report that lowered its global economic growth forecasts for 2014. Also, the German economy ministry said industrial output in Europe's largest economy sank by 4.0 per cent in August. Managing partner at 100 Doors, Peter Esho ...

The ECB can't make the horse drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... points over consensus expectations. Now we know the story behind Chinese finance minister Lou Jiwei's statement on the ministry's website that China won't significantly change its economic policies because of weakness in a single economic indicator. ...

Flatline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... more. Our big brother's - China - economy is slowing and weekend reports of finance minister Lou Jiwei's statement on the ministry's website that China won't significantly change its economic policies because of weakness in a single economic indicator ...

Stagflation is real in Brazil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... addition to lowered risk capital requirements that the CBB expects to add another 15 billion reals. Brazil's finance ministry announced its own measures aimed at increasing liquidity for real estate credit. These measures are likely to be insufficient ...