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Chocolate biscuits and animal spirits

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... of course, what RBA Governor Glenn Stevens said was "... the thing that is most needed now" but "is something monetary policy can't directly cause." in his address to the House of Representatives a few months ago in August. "...more of the sort of 'animal ...

Un-taper re-reflate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... its (ex) Chairman nonetheless - declared three years ago (and which we've seemed to have just woken up to now) monetary policy "is not a panacea". Testifying before the Joint Economic Committee of the US Congress on 4 October 2011, then Fed Chairman ...

I wish I may, I wish I might

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... providing downside risks; the greater the threat to growth, the less appetite central banks (Fed and BOE) to normalise monetary policy or provide more stimuli (ECB and BOJ and PBOC) until the risks go away and economies gets a clear run to stronger and ...

Unexpected impact of tech on US monetary policy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... global recovery, helping to ease inflationary pressure and easing the pressure on the Federal Reserve to tighten monetary policy. That was one conclusion reached by 85 BlackRock investment professionals who debated the impact of technology on the global ...

Nikko AM ups weighting to global shares

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... increased its overweight in global equities in light of a positive macroeconomic environment and accommodative US monetary policy. The global investment committee of the Tokyo-based asset manager decided to raise its overweight position on expectations ...

Now where have I heard that before?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) in its economic research titled, "Assessing Expectations of Monetary Policy"... not even a month ago. Perhaps this time, the bad news will stick. It's October after all - you know, the time of the month ...

Super Mario dropkicks markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... butcher, the baker and candlestick maker didn't bat their collective eyelashes at the ECB's decision to leave monetary policy settings as they were last month - the repo rate at 0.05%, the marginal lending facility at 0.3% and the deposit facility at ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... rally in Shanghai despite disappointing European economic and corporate data after Mario Draghi vowed to keep monetary policy accommodative. The euro fell to $1.2789 from $1.2850 late in New York on Tuesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed as bargain-buying ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... rally in Shanghai despite disappointing European economic and corporate data after Mario Draghi vowed to keep monetary policy accommodative. The euro fell to $1.2789 from $1.2850 late in New York on Tuesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed as bargain-buying ...

Thrills, spills and chills

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... slight adjustment upwards of the "dots" in the "dot plot" (of interest rate forecasts), she did. That is, she kept monetary policy steady and the "considerable time" wording intact. And then there were the Scots and their vote for independence from the ...