Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 781 - 790 of 1453 results for "Monetary Policy"

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 ...

Super Mario delivers huge stimulus package

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... developments". Barring anymore nasty surprises, this should work (crossed fingers... on both hands), just be aware that monetary policy operates with a lag of between 12-18 months. That's how long before we notice real improvements in the real economy... ...

AMP Capital issues deflation warning

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... easing strategies which promote inflation, while the US, China and India are maintaining their commitment to loose monetary policy. A rate cut is also looking likely in Australia, Oliver said. Were sustained deflation to take hold it would favour government ...

Central bank surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... bank's dismantling of the franc/euro peg? "We're convinced that the cap on the franc must remain the pillar of our monetary policy." Then there's the Bank of Japan surprise. It now predicts a core inflation rate of 1.0% in fiscal year 2016 starting 1 ...

SNB dismantles defense

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
... guidance - only two days prior that, "we're convinced that the cap on the franc must remain the pillar of our monetary policy." "Pillar" my behind! I could only speculate that between then and last night, the Swiss central bank has received a wink, wink ...