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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 ...

Cryptocurrencies on radar but not priority: RBA

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... feels the current level of usage doesn't challenge the bank's mandate (for example, to promote competition), monetary policy or financial stability mandate. "There are only very limited links from cryptocurrencies to the traditional financial ...

Chief economist update: Chinese dragon now a bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... year to date. Forget the 2018 China GDP growth forecasts that the mammoth international institutions - International Monetary Fund (6.6%); Asian Development Bank (6.6%); Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (6.7%) - or even the Chinese ...

Chief economist update: Rate hike hawks in RBA dove's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... expectations." It prompted moi to adjust my expectations to no hike/no cut on the immediate horizon on June 21. For sure, getting monetary policy settings back to normal is a good thing, especially when Australia's peers are moving in the same direction. ...

Chief economist update: Lessons from the last world trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... decisions." ECB President Mario Draghi: "It's not easy and it's not yet time to see what the consequences on monetary policy of all this can be but there's no ground to be optimistic on that..."What's the effect on confidence? What's ...

Chief economist update: Three ayes for a rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
... basis points to 0.75% at its next meeting on August 3. The reason is the vote count. Three members (against six) of the Monetary Policy Council (MPC) voted to raise the Bank Rate at its June meet as against only two when it convened in May and nil in ...

Chief economist update: Trade war and peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
... this escalates into an all-out global trade war and reverses the efforts of central bankers towards bringing abnormal monetary policies towards normality. Not when they are so near to achieving their goal, evidenced by the decisions and announcement ...