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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
... previous month - indicates very little pressure on consumer prices going forward and threatening the People's Bank of China's (PBOC) 3.0% inflation target for this year. Japan producer prices As in China, producer prices in Japan remain in deflation ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
... by 2.3% in the year to April - unchanged from February and March but lower than the expected 2.4% rate and still below the PBOC's 3.0% target. Food prices increased by 7.4% over the past 12 months to April while those of non-food items increased by 1.1% ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
... though, suggest firms are on balance withstanding the various macro challenges, with looser policy helping". MNI noted that the PBOC's recent RRR reduction would have been reflected in the current survey and that the expectations indicator suggests respondents ...

Easier for as long as necessary?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... dollar-denominated debt repayments from emerging market countries. And oh, it would also give the People's Bank of China (PBOC) pause for thought of further yuan devaluation. But these present a problem for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). This is ...

We've got the power and firepower (still)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... its 2016 starting level). Another big central bank helped support market sentiment last week. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) by lifting its yuan fixing by 0.34% -- the biggest daily fixing since November last year -- to 6.4905 vis-A -vis the greenback. ...

Market confidence marches in March

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
... like it with investors now widely anticipating more policy easing coming their way, and soon, from the ECB and the BOJ. The PBOC has just lowered its RRR and more are expected from Beijing in the way of both fiscal and monetary actions after the National ...

Crouching services, contracting manufacturing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... service sector has noticeably been in trend slowdown over the past few years. These explain the People's Bank of China's (PBOC) surprise 50 bps cut in the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) the day before (29 February) to 17% for big banks. It's still early ...

Strength in (A$) weakness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... "Park at your own Risk" sign erected by the People's Bank of China (for it, itself, doesn't know what to do, it seems). The PBOC wants a lower yuan exchange rate like the BOJ and the ECB to cheapen its currency to stimulate growth in its economy and ...

China's low-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... growth problem to the rest of us. The good news is that low-flation provides Central Command and the People's Bank of China (PBOC) scope to enact counter-measures - fiscal and monetary policies - to turn around the slowing boat of China.

China's January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
... of the ban on selling, imposing new restrictions on share sales instead. But the yuan - and the People's Bank of China's (PBOC) move to devalue it (again) - was of greater concern for most investors everywhere. This is because of its negative implication ...