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Enter the dragon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... coalition government with New Zealand First (expected to lead to a change in the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's conduct of monetary policy). Also closer to home and perhaps, one that would have the most impact on the Australian economy, are the latest ...

Beige Book report delivers known knowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... the 12 Federal Reserve districts. And if I may add, it's released approximately two weeks before the Fed deliberates on monetary policy at its FOMC meetings, giving its findings more weight and relevance to the Fed's discussions. But it hasn't received ...

Go ahead BOE, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
... 14 September when the Bank of England (BOE) kept policy unchanged as expected but warned that "...some withdrawal of monetary stimulus is likely to be appropriate over the coming months in order to return inflation sustainably to target." The BOE's forward ...

Japanese sun rises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... Party will win the 22 October general elections and hence, the continuation of "Abenomics" - the program of very loose monetary policy, fiscal largesse and structural reforms. No one could argue with this for it was Abe san's victory nearly five years ...

Inflated attention on September US CPI inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... update on US consumer price inflation. Financial market participants keenly awaited its release for clues on future Fed monetary policy direction...or so the headlines say. I say what the? Because of several reasons: 1. The September CPI inflation numbers ...

ECB exit: 2018 or 2021?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... successfully achieved its objective. And in my view, this time has come. We need to discuss how to exit from our unconventional monetary policy, and then we need to do it. My opinion is clear: we should begin to scale back our bond purchases at the beginning ...

India's upside risks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... expected the move and followed the RBI's 25 basis point reductions in the repo and reverse repo rates at its 2 August monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting. Not surprisingly, the RBI admitted that the introduction of the GST in July have had a negative ...

Interest rates on ice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
... it'll surpass the August 2013 to January 2015 period when the OCR was kept on ice at 2.5% for 18 months. Then again, monetary policy doesn't depend on calendar counts...but I digress. As is standard practice, the RBA released a statement explaining its ...

Expansion everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
... consumer. This could prompt the BOE to make good on its forward guidance at its September meeting that, "some withdrawal of monetary stimulus is likely to be appropriate over the coming months in order to return inflation sustainably to target." The ...

As clear as it gets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
... Economics in Cleveland, Ohio proved why she's chair of the US Federal Reserve. Discussing "Inflation, Uncertainty, and Monetary Policy" she brought all these differing Fed officials' opinions together. "Although we judge that inflation will most likely ...