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Chief economist update: Australia cruising at low altitude

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... than the 2.5% annual growth rate recorded in the same quarter of last year. This helps explain the RBA's inaction over monetary policy over the course of 2017 and the change in expectations from two rate hikes this year to nil. To be sure, these are ...

Chief economist update: Next move in rates will likely be up, but it's not certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
... expected it! But perhaps not very many noticed that while it was not a cut and paste job, the message contained in the monetary policy statement of 6 March 2018 echoed that made in March (even February) last year - that of expectations of stronger growth ...

Chief economist update: The risks just got real

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... week and there's certain retaliation from trading partners. You can forget the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) rosy, glowing global growth forecasts too for the risks to their projections just became real. The World Bank's ...

Chief economist update: New Fed chief, same policy direction (but more transparent)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
... monitor inflation developments closely." Perhaps not word for word, but the message is the same as to the direction of monetary policy: "In the FOMC's view, further gradual increases in the federal funds rate will best promote attainment of both of our ...

Chief economist update: The key to ECB taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... explained: "Looking ahead, we anticipate that headline inflation will resume its gradual upward adjustment, supported by our monetary policy measures. At the same time, uncertainties continue to prevail. In particular, the recent volatility in financial ...

Chief economist update: Three minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2018
Three out of three central banks kept monetary settings unchanged at their most recent meetings - what's more important is where the central banks think we are and where they plan to take us. The minutes of the meetings of the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Chief economist update: Wagering on wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2018
... remain unchanged at a 2% rate in the fourth quarter from the third. Reading from the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) monetary policy statement after its 6 February meeting, the Australian central bank is wagering on the same: "Notwithstanding the improving ...

Chief economist update: Inflation isn't such a lonely word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... course, it's because of the Fed. It's got our backs and its recent bout (and future efforts) at gradually tightening monetary policy settings is exactly to ensure that rising inflation doesn't get out of hand. The latest University of Michigan consumer ...

Chief economist update: The yen's on the up and up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... Haruhiko Kuroda stressing the Japanese central bank's commitment towards maintaining its "Quantitative and Qualitative Monetary Easing (QQE) with a Negative Interest Rate" and "expanding the monetary base until the year-on-year rate of increase in the ...

Gesundheit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
... reverse repo at 5.75% - when it met on the February 7 (right in the midst of the upheaval on Wall Street). In fact, one monetary policy committee member voted to increase interest rates by 25 basis points. This is because although there's no doubt about ...