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A matter of assumptions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
... RBA do next year? We're still guessing... and so are the "experts''. The ANZ and the NAB guess that the Australian central bank would lift the official cash rate by 25 basis points twice by the end of 2018, taking the current rate of 1.5% to 2%. These ...

Transparency to the max

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... policy change. Transparency to the max! Not only this. In cases when financial markets misunderstand or misinterpret a central bank officials' speech or a monetary policy statement, another official is quickly dispatched to correct the markets' misinterpretation. ...

The BOJ's educated hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
... until FY19/20, assuming that the BOJ's lowered forecasts turned out right. Predictions that based on the Japanese central bank's outlook that: "Japan's economy is likely to turn to a moderate expansion. Domestic demand is likely to follow an uptrend ...

Fed does the thinkable

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
... definition (yes, yes I know): "In economics, a Taylor rule is a monetary-policy rule that stipulates how much the central bank should change the nominal interest rate in response to changes in inflation, output, or other economic conditions." Based on ...

Peak iron ore?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
... policy decision to keep interest rates unchanged at 1.5% at their 5 September Board meeting, revealed the Australian central bank's optimism over the international and domestic economies and the property market - "although the composition had shifted ...

Currency trend is not our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... currency's direction would be easier to predict if, and only if, it does not stir up reactions in the macro-economy and central bank policy responses. Take for example the Reserve Bank of Australia's latest missive: "The Australian dollar has appreciated ...

Euro strength is a source of weakness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
It didn't happen overnight, but it did happen. European Central Bank president Mario Draghi's concern over the impact of the euro currency's appreciation, that is. Recall that the ECB had been conspicuous in its silence about the euro since its 20 July ...

Canada economic growth changes gears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... deposit rate by the same to 1.25% and 0.75% - as having taken the markets by surprise. Most were expecting the Canadian central bank to stand pat on monetary policy. But 20/20 hindsight vision makes it clear the BOC needed to follow-up the 25 basis point ...

Boring is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... Stevens on 18 September 2016. One thing that could be said about his first year stint as head honcho of the Australian central bank is that Mr. Lowe did nothing - that is, he kept the official cash rate where he found it, at a record low 1.5%...to this ...

MainstreamBPO given green light for offshore acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
MainstreamBPO has received regulatory approvals from the Central Bank of Ireland and the Cayman Investment Monetary Authority to acquire an international fund administrator for US$5 million. As previously flagged in May, MainstreamBPO entered into a ...