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Mind over matter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... coming our way tomorrow and the day after tomorrow - and her name is Janet. The Fed Chairman will be testifying on monetary policy before the Senate Banking Committee those days. Shouldn't markets be fretting about any surprises that could come out of ...

Beauty in(foreign) beholders' eyes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
Earlier this month, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) released its Statement on Monetary Policy, detailing the reasons for the why and the wherefore it decided to cut the official cash rate by 25 basis points to a record low 2.25%. "...over recent ...

BOJ optimistic as forever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
As expected, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) announced no surprises following the conclusion of its 17-18 February monetary policy Board meeting. "The Bank of Japan will conduct money market operations so that the monetary base will increase at an annual pace ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index rose 7.10 (0.14 per cent) to 4,906.36. Minutes from the Fed's January monetary policy board meeting showed many members were concerned about moving too soon on rate hikes and stifling economic growth. The minutes ...

Currency warriors, mount horses and draw swords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... in December following a 1.8% gain in the previous month. And this was before the latest round of "surprises" - monetary policy easing by the central banks of Australia, India, Singapore, China, Peru, Turkey, Russia and Canada; QE by the ECB; more (or ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... 5,794. In local economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia is set to release its quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy. In equities news, News Corp is due to release quarterly results while ferry operator SeaLink is set to reveal its half ...

Taylor rules the RBA just right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... and NIRP. Thank goodness the RBA hasn't, so the 'Taylor Rule' equation should still work to discern Australian monetary policy. Here's the equation: i = r* + pi + 0.5 ( pi - pi*) + 0.5 ( y - y*) where i is the nominal interest rate, r* is the "natural" ...

Deflation is the Darth Vader of the economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... on its current assessment, the Committee judges that it can be patient in beginning to normalize the stance of monetary policy". Though it noted that, "Market-based measures of inflation compensation have declined substantially in recent months" and ...

A Fed surprise?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... choice for the greenback but to go fly is there? The bifurcation (finally, got the chance to use the word) of monetary policy between the Fed - expected to raise interest rates sometime this year - and quantitative easing by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and ...

Happy Australian dollar Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... August where he told his audience, "if that really would be helpful" he would cut rates, but "At the end of the day monetary policy can't be the engine for growth. We can help smooth out fluctuations but we can't drive growth". "... the thing that is ...