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Eurozone gaining momentum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
... improving macro dynamics in the US economy. No surprises too that financial markets are speculating that the European Central Bank (ECB) would follow suit...and soon. After all the Eurozone economy's gaining momentum. GDP growth accelerated to 1.9% in ...

Central Banks fail to disappoint

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
Central bank decisions, forward guidance or even a word change in policy statements move markets. Not that anyone has to be reminded about this truism of course. The world's four major central banks - the Fed, the ECB, the BOJ and the BOE - and the ...

Cloudy skies in the land of the rising sun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... pressure on inflation - headline 0.4% in the year to April; core at 0.3% -- and making it harder/longer for the Japanese central bank to hit its targeted 2.0% inflation rate. This is why Bloomberg's report that the BOJ is "re-calibrating its communications ...

Just what the doctor ordered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... exports and lift repatriated earnings (when converted into the local currency). The exact same thing the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan are trying to engineer with their own legal tenders but sans the "unconventional monetary policies" they ...

Be careful what you wish for

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... Tuesday next week and no one expects it to raise or lower interest rates after the 6 June soiree. The Australian central bank is caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place. It's caught between recent indications that growth in the economy has ...

No spend, no inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... below the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) 2% inflation target but if the economy keeps on growing "above its potential" as the central bank expects, further acceleration in inflation should be maintained. Tag in the acceleration in retail sales growth to 3.2% ...

Eurozone ascending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
If Monsieur Benoit Coeure's - member of the executive board of the European Central Bank (ECB) - recent comments are any indication, don't expect any changes in ECB monetary policy settings anytime soon. Coure told his audience at a conference at the ...

Macron won't stop populist tide: William Blair

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
... Speaking at a media briefing in Sydney, Clarke said global markets are currently dominated by several macro trends: central bank intervention is precluding normal market asset pricing, the fading commodity super cycle, a turnaround in Chinese growth ...

No 'Plan B' for Brexit "twist and turns"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017
... elections to be held on the 8th of June this year - the BOE remains optimistic over the growth outlook. The British central bank even upgraded its GDP growth outlook to 1.7% (from 1.6% predicted in February) next year and to 1.8% (from 1.7%) in 2019 ...

APRA announces promotions, new hires

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... APRA in 2011 from HM Treasury in the UK, where he was a senior policy adviser. Current deputy head of the European Central Bank's financial regulation division Jane O'Doherty will also join APRA as the lead of a new combined governance, operational and ...