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Dovish Fed, hawkish BOC

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
... deceleration in measured inflation, prompting the BOC to lower interest rates again in 2015. Hopefully, the Canadian central bank has learnt its lesson and would remove policy accommodation more gradually this time.

PIMCO de-risks ahead of expected recession

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
In a media briefing, PIMCO global economic adviser Joachim Fels said the firm is gradually de-risking portfolios given the elevated risk of recession in the next three-to-five years. Fels explained that PIMCO is currently in risk reduction mode, adding ...

Low inflation exporter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
Recall those days when China was accused of exporting deflation to the rest of the world? The days when dirt cheap "Made in China" products were flooding the rest of the world (they still are). It was so prevalent that in January 2004, the US Federal ...

Hawkish central banks? Not the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
... ECB's June meetings have brought back financial market trepidation - sparked by last week's hawkish comments from central bank heads of the US, the Eurozone and the UK - that the end of cheap money is nigh. But while yields on 10-year bonds have risen ...

Good goings-on in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
... to head off a steep correction in the future. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) is on the case. Citing the Chinese central bank's statement following its quarterly meeting, Xinhua news agency recently reported the PBOC's commitment to "prudent and neutral ...

Data dictates immediate BOE action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
... official cash rate from its current 1.5% when its board met on the 4 July, but only a few expected the Australian central bank to follow its bigger overseas peers into a more hawkish leaning. Everybody got it right on the first - the RBA kept interest ...

Not so happy EOFY for the All Ords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
Hawkish central bank speaks may have damped equity market sentiment in towards the dying days of June, but Australian equities less so - the All Ordinaries index outperformed (up 0.05% over the month) both developed market equities (down 3.17%) and ...

Australian end of financial year sale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... slack in Canadian economy is being absorbed "steadily" at current pace of growth. BOE governor Carney rounded up the central bank-speak, saying that some removal of the stimulus is likely to become necessary if the trade-off between inflation and growth ...

Reflation narrative lacks substance: MFS

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
... for reflation, whether through the lens of global growth or inflationary expectations starting to meet what certain central bank targets have been. We just don't think this stuff is sticky or persistent," he said. Adams attributed the growth of the reflation ...

Good oil, bad oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
... decline in oil prices persist, central banks will have a problem (an inflation problem) - supporting the European Central Bank's (ECB) concern over the durability and sustainability of accelerating growth in consumer prices while at the same time putting ...