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"Considerable time", is it a-changin'?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... words to be precise. Speculation that the Fed would (or would not) change these two words when it delivers its monetary policy statement on Wednesday (NY time) has focussed the minds of many an investor lately and... wet the pants of others. No need ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... followed disappointing Chinese and US industrial production data and came ahead of Wednesday's Federal Reserve monetary policy decision and Scotland's vote Thursday on independence from Britain. LONDON - European stock markets have closed narrowly mixed ...

Gold stocks undervalued but likely to rise

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... Ukraine are likely to underpin the gold price throughout this year and the next. "In the US, financial-market and monetary policy risk remain. In the current low-growth recovery the US Government has piled up trillions of dollars of debt that looks like ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... Data released Thursday showed inflation easing to a four-month low, fuelling the case for a further easing in monetary policy. "The markets are behaving in a pretty orderly manner," said SMBC Nikko Securities general manager of equities Hiroichi Nishi. ...

FRBSF takes on Jackson Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... that's what the FRBSF stands for) for its recently-released economic research titled, "Assessing Expectations of Monetary Policy". Thank the FRBSF for bringing the interest rate fear back into market consciousness and sparking another one of those dips ...

No drama at the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... distinguished men and women that comprise the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets today to deliberate on monetary policy settings apropos (wooh-hoo, big word) for Australia given current domestic and international dynamics. Pardon moi ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... prompted by Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Haruhiko Kuroda's weekend statement that, "We will continue our current monetary policy... But if there is anything which could derail our course toward 2% inflation target, we would not hesitate to change or ...

Stagflation is real in Brazil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... since September 2010. The central bank's concern over the persistence of rising consumer prices is evident in its monetary policy action - it has jacked up its target SELIC rate nine times from 7.25% in April 2013 to 11.0% in April this year (where it ...

Heads up to where Wall Street's heading

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... and prolonged contractions as they have in Japan over the past decade? And how do we factor that assessment into monetary policy?" Then again, Wall Street continued to climb over the next four years after he blurted out those words at the American Enterprise ...

RBA to business: release the animal in you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... Should Worry the Fed" where Bill wrote that: "Folks in "The Lucky Country' have long been blessed with top-notch monetary policy makers. There has been no recession on the watch of Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glenn Stevens or under his predecessor ...