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A negative sum game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... NIRP. Of course, low/negative interest rates are aimed at driving away capital inflows in order to weaken the domestic currency relative to others in order to gain a price advantage in the home country's exports relative to others and import deflation. ...

More negatives

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
... depress yen. Stronger yen equals weak exports (especially in this current cycle of slowing global growth) that, along with currency translation effects equal weak profits, dampening business investment and employment, reducing personal income, weakening ...

New hope for DomaCom Kidman bid

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... strong domestic and export demand, should continue in the medium to long term, especially in light of sustained foreign currency exchange rates," Burgin said. Investors can participate in the bid for as little as $2500, "be the landlord" and "thus fractionally ...

Who can dig a deeper hole?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... longer enough): to stimulate lending. to boost consumption and investment. to discourage capital inflows, to weaken the currency to boost exports, to raise inflation by lifting import prices. All well and good... if "the others" aren't doing the same ...

MetLife reports 2015 earnings slump

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
... Reinforcing this, the MetLife statement added: "Operating earnings in the Americas decreased 7%, and 5% on a constant currency basis. Operating earnings in Asia were up 6%, and 16% on a constant currency basis. Operating earnings in EMEA decreased 16% ...

Perpetual launches wholesale global equity fund

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... appreciating Australian dollar, which can have both a positive and negative impact on their investment returns. "We believe currency movements may have a material impact on equity returns and will be considered in the investment decision making process ...

Aussie economy rebalancing okay

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... combination eased some of the import competition that Australian businesses have been facing over the last few years. The lower currency has also provided support to key export sectors like education and tourism. "The housing sector has been in a very ...

Core holdings will be lacklustre in 2016: SSGA

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... be looking at signs of stabilisation of growth in China and also the way that emerging markets are handling the hard currency debt overhang they've built up in an environment where the Fed has raised rates before we step back into emerging markets in ...

Strength in (A$) weakness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... 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 export deflation elsewhere... anywhere but at the same time it is worried about the ...

Time running out to book places for Chief Economists Forum

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
... economics and fixed income strategy Su Lin Ong. "Whether China has a hard landing and whether it can manage to keep its currency stable is likely to be a talking point as well as how much the Fed will raise interest rates," said Eslake. "The Australian ...