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Yuan stable (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... to 7.3% may have raised only a few eyebrows but it certainly added fuel to accusations that the People's Bank of China's (PBOC) was engaging in "beggar thy neighbour" policy when it devalued the yuan - 3.4% in total - last month. The Chinese central ...

The man with the golden jawbone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... now expects the economy to crash and burn. In fact, the Shanghai Composite index dropped another 1.3% yesterday despite the PBOC's easing announcement -- 25bp cut in interest rates and 50bp reduction in banks' reserve requirements. 'twas Bill -- New ...

It's the Fed, stupid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... hopes that central command would fight back with stimulus measures to keep PM Li's growth target of 7.0% on target. Well the PBOC has made real those hopes - cutting another 25 bps off its benchmark lending rate (the fifth time since November) to 4.6% ...

Should the Fed re-launch QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... spillovers from slower economic growth in China raised some concerns." And this was before the People's Bank of China's (PBOC) devaluation of the yuan. "While the recent Chinese stock market decline seemed to have had limited implications to date for ...

Bangkok bombs and Malaysia's terror

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... accounts for roughly 10% of the economy - in addition to the hits from China's slowdown and the People's Bank of China's (PBOC) recent devaluation of the yuan, capital outflows out of emerging markets on speculation of a near-term Fed lift-off and weak ...

One down, two to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... prompted by the mayhem in the Middle Kingdom's stock markets. That calmed but was replaced by the People's Bank of China's (PBOC) surprise devaluation of the yuan on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (when the ECB meeting minutes were released) last week. ...

Three for three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... inherently funnier, more satisfying, or more effective than other numbers of things". (Wikipedia) The People's Bank of China (PBOC) must be a believer for yesterday it went for a devaluation trifecta - 1.9% Tuesday, 1.2% Wednesday and 1.1% Thursday. ...

PBOC does an SNB

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
... have read the piece I've written yesterday morning calling their 1.9% devaluation a mere speck. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) topped it up with another devaluation of 1.6% by the afternoon for a grand total of 3.5% in two straight days. Still I say ...

Too much ado about a speck

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... currency. (http://www.financialstandard.com.au/news/view/48312386) "It is perhaps still too early for QE, after all, the PBOC's recent policy easing - reduction in the reserve requirement ratio and cut in the benchmark one-year lending rate - still has ...

Gold's no longer gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... beefing up their holdings of the yellow metal. China, we just learned Friday, is not buying as much gold as imagined. The PBOC released figures last Friday - after five years of keeping you, I and Irene in the dark - showing that it's gold holdings increased ...