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Lift then back to zero (even negative)?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... measures currently being implemented by the European Central Bank (ECB), the Bank of Japan (BOJ), the People's Bank of China (PBOC) and many other central banks. These measures would have to lift their respective economies one day... within the next ...

Fairy tales may come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... from last year - following a "downwardly revised 4.4% decline in the second quarter. And China? Why oh why do you think the PBOC has cut interest rates six times since November last year and is expected to do some more? But let's not stop at China, there's ...

And then there's gonna be five

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... the yuan, the IMF's decision may pave the way for the yuan's depreciation. The reason is that the People's Bank of China (PBOC) will now find itself under more pressure to manage the yuan as central banks in most developed economies do: by letting market ...

Rusting still

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... ore. China's economy has slowed to 6.9% in the first quarter of 2015 from 7.4% last year. While the People's Bank of China (PBOC) has again eased monetary policy - it lowered the benchmark one-year lending rate by 25 bps to 4.35%; the deposit rate down ...

Not this year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... turns into 2016. While financial markets have stabilised, last week's policy surprise announcements from the ECB and the PBOC - a potential BOJ surprise this coming Friday would no longer be surprise - provide a just-in-time reminder that all's not well ...

Hotel California

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
... after their strong gains of the past week because, wait for it......because investors suddenly realised that the ECB and the PBOC's early Christmas gift-giving underlined the growing risks to the global growth outlook. Duh! Did anybody think for even ...

Christmas in October

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
... September 2016, or medley of these measures - it'll be delivered when it is delivered on 3 December. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) did one better - it went and announced further policy easing Friday to commence the following day - ahead of Beijing's ...

Big trouble in big China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... over the year - much, much less than the expected 6.0% drop and better than August's 5.5% decline. This indicates that the PBOC's yuan depreciation in August is helping or China's export markets are not slowing as much as feared... or both. But if China ...

China syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015

So bad it could only be good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... Chinese economy. Expect further weakness in Beijing's foreign purchases of goods and services as the People's Bank of China's (PBOC) surprise devaluation of the yuan last month makes the price of "made in other countries" dearer. Similarly, lower export ...