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Dovish Fed, hawkish BOC

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
... quarter of 2012 that, in turn, contributed to the 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 ...

Australian property love affair cannot please everyone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... lenders, interest rates rise. If credit demand falls and lenders are competing for customers, they may offer lower interest rates to attract business. Financial market players focus less attention on this indicator mainly because of the tardiness of ...

Economic growth slows to 1.7pct but not as bad as feared

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
... quarter - it detracted 0.3 percentage points from growth during the period - should give it wiggle room to lower interest rates if necessary.

Be careful what you wish for

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets again 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 ...

Plato fund oversubscription heralds income appetite

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... addressing the issue, even though we saw government debt as being way too high, which would eventually result in lower interest rates. "Since then, interest has gradually built year-on-year. Fund flow keeps growing. And that's aided by the fact that ...

DNR Capital adds two investment platforms

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... 10.48% per annum. "We have a high exposure to US-exposed companies, are underweight stocks benefiting from lower interest rates, are overexposed to companies that benefit from infrastructure stimulus, and remain invested in quality companies with pricing ...

China's inflation off target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... increase in producer prices since September 2011. The below-target CPI inflation update allows the PBOC to lower interest rates, especially as the dichotomy between consumer and producer price inflation suggests soft consumer spending - firms aren't ...

Trump bigger than Brexit

ALEX BURKE, DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... reasonably positioned. We have a high exposure to US exposed companies, are underweight stocks benefiting from lower interest rates, are overexposed to companies that benefit from infrastructure stimulus and remain invested in quality companies with ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... buy a major household item" both increased by 3.5% over the month of September - no doubt spurred by the lower interest rates (cash rate of 1.5% versus 2.0% last year) and employment prospects (unemployment rate at 5.7% versus 6.1% last year) with the ...

Brexit - the Australian connection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... ensue. The economic and political uncertainty resulting from Brexit could prompt the Bank of England (BOE) to lower interest rates from the current 0.5% to zero (or below) and/or reintroduce quantitative easing. Other central banks would follow if only ...