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Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... points, at 20,437.48 helped by a weaker yen, hopes for corporate earnings and the Bank of Japan's ultra-loose monetary policy. WELLINGTON - General insurer Tower has led the New Zealand share market's benchmark index higher after lifting its dividend. ...

RBA minutes lift stock market

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... minutes of the May board meeting, the central bank indicated that the lack of "any guidance on the future path of monetary policy" accompanying its May decision would not prevent it from again moving in rates, if needed. "Members did not see this as ...

Lies, stats and damned double seasonal adjustments

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... that Janet could use thisA "wonderful set of numbers" to justify a sooner-rather-than-later move to normalise monetary policy.

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 ...

Market Wrap AM

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 ...

Market Wrap AM

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 ...

Market Wrap AM

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 ...