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How high and how long

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
... Dickens' novel, A Tale of Two Cities, have again been brought to life by two opposing monetary prescriptions by two central banks - further interest rate hikes for the Reserve Bank of Australia and extended period of low interest rates for the US Federal ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
... were closed for a public holiday. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks fell 2.05 per cent amid fears of tightening moves by central banks in the region following India's surprise rate rise. The benchmark Hang Seng Index tumbled 437.57 points to 20,933.25. WELLINGTON ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
... added 57.8 points, or 1.2 per cent, to 4,866.9 points. NEW YORK - US stocks rose on Wednesday after US and Japanese central banks reaffirmed plans to keep interest rates low to revive economic growth. The Dow Jones industrial average rose for a seventh ...

Happy birthday bull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... in crisis and crying doom and gloom. By the same token, the end has already begun. It began when governments and central banks took aggressive action to ease the credit squeeze that is choking the global financial system. Positive signs that these are ...

ING IM appoints Taurus for gold strategy

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... depreciation and growing demand with current limited supply due to capacity restraints," he said. "China and Russia central banks are moving to diverse their US dollar holdings and gold is a known strategy to diverse during unsettled times." He said ...

Change of heart

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
It wasn't that too long ago that central banks the world over were losing their attraction for the US dollar and diversifying their currency reserves. China, Russia, Asian and Middle Eastern central banks were falling in love with the yen and the euro ...

Gold's dimming lustre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... hard commodities such as gold provide a safer haven. Explanation two. Because of this distrust for the US currency, central banks are now beginning to stock up on gold as part of their reserves. India, for instance, made the headlines last October when ...

One down, more to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... previously announced. In addition, the temporary liquidity swap arrangements between the Federal Reserve and other central banks will expire on February 1. The Federal Reserve is in the process of winding down its Term Auction Facility: $50 billion in ...

Now that's challenging

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
... be company earnings running below "raised" expectations. We thought it would be challenging because major world central banks are getting itchy fingers in withdrawing their quantitative easing programs and/or pondering inching interest rates higher. ...

Good For China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
... GFC might as well stand for 'Good for China'. For the same financial crisis that continue to worry governments and central banks of many developed economies has elevated China onto the world stage. Latest reports show that China has already overtaken ...