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Chief economist update: Younger migrants and the elderly keep wages low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
... something new to talk about at his address to Anika Foundation Luncheon in Sydney the day after. Of course, Lowe spoke about monetary policy but he would have put the attendees to sleep with his nth reiteration of "...we see reasonable prospects that ...

Chief economist update: Do nothing RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... itsy-bitsy-teenie-weenie increase in borrowing costs which at the same time allows the Australian central bank to normalise monetary policy and rebuild its firepower to fight the next downturn. If memory serves me right, the when of this next rate hike ...

Chief economist update: Heaven can wait but the BOE couldn't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
... (BOE) finally went ahead and did it. It lifted the Bank Rate by 25 basis points to 0.75% at the conclusion of its August Monetary Policy Council (MPC) meeting. To be sure, the British central bank had been itching to do so back in May. Despite the slowdown ...

Chief economist update: The BOJ kills off specs (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2018
... Just as it was in late 2017/early 2018, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) once more hosed down recent speculations of a tweak in monetary policy towards an (early) exit. Sure, the Japanese central bank tweaked policy, but in the opposite direction. At the conclusion ...

Chief economist update: At the core-core of it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
Financial markets could have a brand new worry (or not) depending on the outcome of the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) monetary policy meeting that's due to conclude this day. The 30-31 July meeting is particularly significant given last week's flare-up ...

Chief economist update: Laissez faire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... industries he would need to compensate. The Chinese Government is being forced to engage in policy stimulation - fiscal and monetary - to counteract the negative impact of Trump's tariffs on its economy. And it's not only Beijing; other emerging ...

Chief economist update: BOJ to stop throwing good money after bad?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... Bank of Japan (BOJ) or rather speculations (again) that it's discussing possible changes to its looser-than-loose monetary policy. There are so many combinations and permutations as to what the BOJ would do but perhaps the more remarkable is the ...

EM bonds attractive despite pullback: Eaton Vance

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
... EM as: rising population growth, improving standard of living for middle classes, stable inflation, a still-favorable monetary policy, and a rising consumer class that may spur growth. "Further, we believe EM are in a better position now than before ...

Chief economist update: Steady at 24 and counting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... sees continued expansion in the global economy, it has shifted the risk to global growth from the withdrawal of some monetary stimulus by a number of central ("and further steps in this direction are expected") to "the direction of international trade ...

Chief economist update: It's always slow in America in Q1

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... 2.1% in the December 2016 quarter. Needless to say, economic growth rates have significant implications for fiscal and monetary policies and by extension, capital expenditure and financial markets. It's more crucial now because of Donald Trump. Recall ...