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Easing cycle over for now

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... dollar is helping to stimulate things in its current range," Reynolds said. Given the relatively stable domestic monetary policy outlook, the fixed income expert is more focused on what is happening in the US. Analysis of unemployment data, as well as ...

Water, water everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
Super Thursday. This is the term coined for the Bank of England's (BOE) data dump - announcing the monetary policy committee's (MPC) decision on interest rates, the MPC meeting minutes that led to the decision and the quarterly inflation report all ...

September -- morn or mourn?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... it knows for sure that the economy would be able to handle it (and does). And what central banker doesn't want monetary policy to go back to normal? The thing is there are still plenty of spookers out there, highlighted by this piece in the 'Australian ...

Indian economy accelerating/slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... prudent to keep the policy rate unchanged at the current juncture while maintaining the accommodative stance of monetary policy." But in the same breath, promised that "The central bank will monitor for room to ease policy as it awaits greater transmission ...

RBA to deliver nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
... very own Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will hold its monthly Board meeting today to deliberate on the economy's monetary policy setting. This month looks easy-peasy for the RBA. Keep the official cash rate steady at 2.0% plus a few minor tweaks in ...

Make it December (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... estimated 5.0%. I'm pretty sure the Fed will address this at the "Hole" when it talks about "Inflation Dynamics and Monetary Policy" on 27-29 August. Enough time before we put our final bets on a September lift-off.

Watching out for the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... policy." Fed Chair Janet Yellen would be 'persona non attending' but this year's topic, "Inflation Dynamics and Monetary Policy" will provide a clue on the Fed's thinking about particularly, the mismatch between the declining US unemployment rate and ...

Reading too much out of nothing at all

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
It's out!...and it didn't surprise. Yes Virginia, there were no surprises in the Fed's decision to keep monetary policy unchanged after it concluded its 28-29 tete-a-tete. But what was surprising was Wall Street's reaction - the Dow and the S&P 500 ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... had been expected to keep interest rates unchanged, but some experts thought it might elaborate on its plans for monetary policy. "We started off on the right foot and we didn't get anything negative from the Fed," said Michael James, managing director ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... the biggest one-day plunge in Chinese equities in more than eight years. Markets meanwhile awaited this week's monetary policy meeting of the US Federal Reserve for a handle on its plans for interest rates. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of major ...