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Damned lies and (actual) stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... mounting that it would have to expand its QE one day, someday, soon, the surprise would be if the BOJ alters current monetary policy settings, i.e., zero to 0.1% interest rates and JGB purchases at an annual pace of A¥80 trillion. While Governor Kuroda ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... International Monetary Fund forum. "For this reason quite some time is needed before we can declare success, and our monetary policy stimulus will stay in place as long as needed for its objective to be fully achieved on a truly sustained basis." With ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... tomorrow's the real test." The new S&P 500 record reflected the continued resilience of US stocks thanks to loose monetary policy and in spite of lacklustre US data, such as Wednesday's report showing flat retail sales in April. Apple, the biggest company ...

HSBC pitches low vol strategy to instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... underweight. "Both Japan and Europe are in interesting moments. Japan has embarked on an unprecedented experiment in monetary policy and we don't know how that's going to finish. But they're very committed to it and they have control over their own monetary ...

No downing the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... British central bank downgraded its economic growth forecasts through to 2017 and Gov Carney stating that the monetary policy committee (MPC) "judges it more likely than not that bank rate will increase from its current level over the forecast period" ...

Dear mom, all's good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... thanking his mom that this month's Board meeting is followed by the publication of the quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy, enabling him to put back what he took away - the "forward guidance" that "The board will continue to assess the outlook and ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... results are due out. In Australia, the market on Friday was weaker for a third straight day after the Reserve Bank's monetary policy statement took the shine off banking stocks and falling crude oil prices belted energy stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... giant Alibaba soared on strong sales. Locally on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases its Statement on Monetary Policy. In equities news, Macquarie Group releases its full year results, and Alumina holds its annual general meeting. In Australia ...

Will nice numbers make RBA a bad guy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... of the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would have seen before they commence their deliberation on monetary policy this morning. Gov Glenn and et al would have seen that they were good. They'll see a brightening outlook for the labour market. ...

ASIC says AUD spike "not misconduct"

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... ASIC's statement, it has made "extensive inquiries" into the RBA's "information flow" in the periods prior to its monetary policy announcements. It is investigating multiple foreign exchange markets and has requested trading data from financial institutions ...