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Price-pressured

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
... expectations for acceleration to 2.1% and above the BOE's 2.0% target. The core inflation rate is right smack at the British central bank's inflation target - up 2.0% in the year to February - the fastest annual rate since June 2014 - from 1.6% in the ...

Labour costs rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
In its 9 March statement, the European Central Bank (ECB) stated that, "A very substantial degree of monetary accommodation is still needed for underlying inflation pressures to build up and support headline inflation in the medium term". However, if ...

More fires than hires

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... trade weighted index (TWI) this year to date - and still below target inflation - put pressure on the Australian central bank for another rate cut. However, this is easier said than done due to the continued bump in property prices and expectations for ...

Good for now worrying for later

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... Bloomberg Breakfast conference, RBA Assistant Governor (Financial System) Michele Bullock underscored the Australian central bank's role of maintaining "overall financial stability". "We are somewhat more explicit about recognising the potential human ...

No other way but up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... that investors widely welcome the Fed's coming interest rate hike and risk disappointment or reversal should the US central bank fail to deliver, as this could invite speculations that the Fed knows some sinister thing that the markets don't. A 25 basis ...

Low-flation at the core

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
Low-flation at the core The European Central Bank's (ECB) governing council decided to keep monetary policy steady - refinancing rate at 0%, deposit rate at -0.4%, marginal lending facility at 0.25% -- while at the same time confirming that its asset ...

Steady as she grows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... concludes its 15-16 March FOMC meeting. The RBA would welcome such development as a Fed rate hike would signal the US central bank's confidence over the strength in the American economy and its outlook. A lift in the fed funds rate would underpin US ...

Good credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
... year to January, similar to December, which was the fastest pace since 2009. These are evidence that the European Central Bank's (ECB) efforts to boost economic activity in the region are working that, in turn, could lift gathering "taper" expectations. ...

British inflation quickens but still off-target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... inflation data remains below the Bank of England's (BOE) 2.0% target and should not put immediate pressure on the British central bank to lift interest rates.

Trump matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
... what he'll do next continue to dominate the headlines and Twitter-verse. So much so that only few gave a hoo-ha to central bank monetary policy announcements - the BOJ, the Fed, and the BOE met in late January/early Feb. Few also gave a hoo-ha on Fedspeak ...