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Japan on reverse cycle?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
... re-appointed when his term expires on 8 April 2018. All up, these means the continuity of Abenomics - the program of very loose monetary policy, fiscal largesse and structural reforms. And continue it has. At its last policy meeting (30-31 October) ...

Australian business conditions gone gangbusters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
... doesn't fit with the current record low level of the official cash rate (1.5%) nor the current neutral stance in RBA monetary policy. The last time business conditions were nearly this lovely (+20 in July 2007), the official cash rate was at 6.5% and ...

Oil's gift to central bankers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... oil's demand fundamentals are strengthening given the rising growth momentum in the global economy. The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) lifting of its world economic forecasts to 3.6% (from 3.5%) on 2017 and 3.7% (from 3.6%) in 2018 bear this out. ...

Changed RBA rate expectations?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... Yellen on 3 February next year, which is expected to provide continuity to the Fed's current softly, softly approach to monetary policy normalisation. But what wasn't expected (at least, I didn't) was the S&P/ASX 200 index's surged to more than two-year ...

O'Dwyer urges AFCA consultation

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... with in Australia," Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer said. One key aspect the paper outlines is monetary limits, which sets a dispute limit of $1 million and a $500,000 compensation cap for most non-superannuation disputes, and ...

BOE does what it said it would do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... England (BOE) did what it said it would do -- it lifted the Bank Rate by 25 basis points to 0.5% following its 2 November monetary policy council meeting (MPC). The announcement marks the first time in more than a decade that the BOE raised its key overnight ...

The BOJ's boring Halloween

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
... purchases at annual pace of ¥80 trillion - and promised that "the Bank will continue with "Quantitative and Qualitative Monetary Easing (QQE) with Yield Curve Control," aiming to achieve the price stability target of 2 percent, as long as it is necessary ...

Two holds and a raise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
Three of the world's biggest central banks will meet this week. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) had already started their monetary policy deliberations yesterday and is set to conclude later today. This is expected to be a non-event with policy unchanged and ...

Ex-RBA Governor joins Macquarie

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
... professional economist, Stevens is credited with developing Australia's successful inflation targeting framework for monetary policy, in addition to influencing central banking internationally. In welcoming Stevens, Macquarie Group and Macquarie Bank ...

ECB schedules taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
The European Central Bank's (ECB) October monetary policy meeting ended financial market speculations over its QE exit strategy. ECB president Mario Draghi did what he telegraphed he would -- discuss QE unwind strategy in October - and offered something ...