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Fearless forecasting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... her merry men see no change in their forecasts. "The Committee expects that, with gradual adjustments in the stance of monetary policy, economic activity will expand at a moderate pace, labor market conditions will strengthen somewhat further, and inflation ...

Expanding expansion in manufacturing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
... be "baby, what a big surprise, right before my very eyes" if the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) shifts - up or down - monetary policy settings when it meets today. No rate cut is in the cards this afternoon despite latest signs that the property market ...

100 days of Trump (and counting)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... and by 11.4% since the 8 November presidential elections. And heck, it's even allowed the Fed to continue normalising monetary policy since, despite heightened geopolitical and economic uncertainties - Syria, North Korea, Russia and French elections ...

The growth-inflation divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
... of the world's major central banks that met over the past 24 hours. As widely expected, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) kept monetary policy settings unchanged - discount rate at -0.1%; 10-year JGB yield target at 0%; asset purchases at an annual pace of ¥80 ...

The CPI report that confirms all biases

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... Australia's inflation numbers are out! And it's got something for everyone - hawks, doves and in-betweeners - in terms of RBA monetary policy direction. This is because the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) consumer price index's latest report confirms ...

O Canada

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... the Bank of Canada's (BOC) optimistic outlook for the economy. Exports account for about 30% of Canada's GDP. In its monetary policy meeting of 12th April, the Canadian central bank stated that, "During the rest of this year and into 2018 and 2019, growth ...

ASIC signs fintech agreement with Indonesia

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
... developments in both our countries." ASIC is currently collaborating closely with a number of other regulators including the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority, the Ontario Securities Commission and Capital ...

Let me down gently

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... house lending was led by a 5.9% drop in lending for investment housing - the segment the RBA alluded to in its April monetary policy statement -- "A reduced reliance on interest-only housing loans in the Australian market would also be a positive development." ...

Not as good as the headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... services (up 1%); net exports under mercantiling (0%) - not that spectacular. Rural goods exports dropped by 5.0%. "Non-monetary gold" exports remained as volatile as always, up 33% in February after dropping by 18% in the previous month. Cyclone Debbie ...

Too much ado about Fed reinvesting nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
... guidance". So what's the problem? What's Wall Street spooked about? It's the natural progression towards the normalisation of monetary policy, a natural policy response to an economy that no longer requires a crutch and might even do a high jump (if ...