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Patience, my dear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... interpretations, dissections - and more speculations - of the US Federal Reserve's true message after it announces its monetary policy decision on 18 March will take centre stage this week. Yes Virginia, here we go again. We go guessing the "will she ...

It might just be a matter of time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... race to the bottom was when the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) reported that "At least 21 central banks have eased monetary policy this year..." on 5 February....and then, there were 24 with the addition of the central banks of Poland, Thailand and South ...

My QE, your problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... beginning of 2014. But in this world of competitive currency devaluations - "At least 21 central banks have eased monetary policy this year", the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) reports (to which, permit me to add, some have already double-dipped). The full ...

No board meeting necessary

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... before its scheduled 3 February meeting. Yesterday's move (4 March) was also weeks ahead of the scheduled 7 April monetary policy meeting. The positive thing that could be said about the RBI's surprise acts is that it's being pro-active in setting (changing) ...

Majority slammed (again), equities dunked, A$ fouled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... There"...and slam is what the majority again got from Gov Glenn yesterday when the RBA "judged that, having eased monetary policy at the previous meeting, it was appropriate to hold interest rates steady for the time being". The official cash rate remains ...

Tme to get fiscal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... rates again... and again - which markets now expect in response to the recent woeful economic stats and surveys. Monetary policy operates with a lag - in Australia's case it's around 12-18 months -Tony and Joey's wish, an Australia in crisis, would have ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... counted," said TrustNet analyst Tony Cross. "Today's news of negative inflation across the Atlantic means that monetary policy isn't going to tighten any time soon and equities can continue to climb in the wake of this," he added. US Federal Reserve ...

Altair AM signs equity mandates

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
... cut. "The RBA recognises a weaker growth outlook than it was forecasting in late 2014. It wants to provide more monetary policy support for growth and has the capacity to do it because of the low inflation outlook," said Roberts. "One 25bp cut is not ...

Investor sentiment shifting overseas

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... are meanwhile realigning due to high debt levels, demographic changes that slow growth, inequality that blunts monetary policy, and digitisation that challenges business models and slows their revenue growth. Australia is especially vulnerable due to ...

Say when

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... it's not surprising that she's learned well... she's learnt the art of Fedspeak. Yes. "...since the July 2014 Monetary Policy Report, there has been important progress toward the FOMC's objective of maximum employment." No. "However, despite this improvement ...