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Chief economist update: Should have sold in May and gone away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
... Those who feel they'll be worse off dropped from 50% to 25%. Lastly, not only is fiscal policy being loosened but monetary policy remains accommodative with the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) not expected to raise interest rates until sometime next ...

Chief economist update: Italy and Spain an emerging ECB problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... pressures continued to justify caution and underlined the need to maintain patience, persistence and prudence with regard to monetary policy." The emerging political uncertainty in two of its bigger economies - Italy and Spain - suggests that the ECB ...

Chief economist update: Erdogan's Turkey is cooked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
... that high interest rates cause inflation is a worry in itself but worry more about his pledge to take greater control of monetary policy if he wins re-election at the June 24 poll. Sure, his low interest rate policy has produced an economy that is growing ...

Chief economist update: Fed will go hiking in June

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
... from 1.5%-1.75% to 1.75%-2%. More so, given the Fed participants observation of the US economy: "In their discussion of monetary policy for the period ahead, members judged that information received since the Committee met in March indicated that the ...

Chief economist update: A US dollar story

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018
... 2017 - while other major world central banks keep their own policy settings unchanged at relatively low settings. The monetary policy backdrop was spot on but the US dollar weakened. This is because the strengthening economic momentum in America's ...

Chief economist update: New RBNZ Governor maintains old policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... first - he assumed office on March 27 (five days after the central bank's 22 March meet) - but New Zealand's monetary policy settings remained unchanged since the last 25 basis point reduction in the official cash rate from 2% to 1.75% way back ...

PIMCO partners with data and analytics platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
... global growth and "gently rising inflation." Exacerbating this is the wider global trend of central banks tightening monetary policy.

Chief economist update: BOE fails market expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
... November 2017 that took the Bank rate up to 0.5% with another 25 bps increase when it meets again on May 10. The Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) met as scheduled, but decided to keep monetary policy settings unchanged. The FTSE-100 index closed ...

Budget paves way for retirement income framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... flexible account, Ying is free to draw on her capital to pay for expenses like a new car, holiday or health care. In monetary terms, means testing for lifetime products measure is estimated to cost $20.2 million over forward estimates. The retirement ...

Chief economist update: Fed's on target, BOJ takes out target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... 2018 remains on track. 'twas the same but different for the Bank of Japan (BOJ). Just like the Fed, the BOJ kept its monetary policy settings unchanged when the Policy Board met last on April 26. Just like the Fed, the BOJ cited moderate expansion activity ...