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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
... be passed onto consumers, further nullifying the ECB's attempts to raise inflation in the region. The ECB meets later tonight.

Who spooked the greenback?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... 2016" - a case for US$ weakness. The next move in the US$ would depend on the all-important US non-farm payrolls - out tonight. Expectations are for a 190K increase in jobs in January after the strong 292K gain in the previous month. Less than expectations ...

Fairy tales may come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... of Washington last night - the same words that the Joint Economic Committee would hear when she testifies before them tonight. There's no backing down now. Absent a significant exogenous shock, the fed funds target rate will be 25 bps higher by 16 December. ...

Holding pattern

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... policy rate over the period ahead..." (whenever that "period ahead" may be). The Bank of England (BOE) is scheduled to meet tonight and it would be a big surprise if it decides to alter present monetary policy settings. It's also watching incoming data ...

YBR robo-advice to make Celebrity Apprentice debut

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... things they can do to create a secure financial future for themselves." The Celebrity Apprentice Guru challenge will air on tonight's episode at 8:40pm.

Confused and confounded

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... Personal Consumption and Expenditure (PCE) price index - the Fed's favoured inflation measure - is slated for release to tonight. Financial markets expect a lift of only 0.1% in August, 1.2% year-on-year. If this comes in as expected, it wouldn't alter ...

D-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
Tonight's the night we make history. Whatever happens, it'll be D-day! D for the IMF declaring Greece in "default"; D for yet another extension of a "deal" or "deal talks"; D for that mythical Damocles' sword falling not only over Damocles' head but ...

Greece's bundle of debt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... billion J. Paul - the total amount of bailout money extended to Greece thus far -- a,-300 million of which is due the IMF tonight (although latest reports say that Athens would repay the entire a,-1.6 billion due this month at the end of this month). ...

Running on neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... finally closing sharply unchanged. Either it doesn't know where to go next or is waiting for Chair Janet Yellen's yak tonight - who's unsure when to go. Ahh, but then she repeated and reiterated and echoed so many, many, times for you, I and Irene to ...

Age Pension under the spotlight in tonight's budget

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... financial advisers and professional investors take to design retirement strategies. Prior to the release of the Budget tonight, Federal Social Services Minister Scott Morrison confirmed that changes to the indexation of the Age Pension announced in last ...