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Two holds and a raise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... unchanged and stimulation to remain until inflation meets 2% target. This was assured by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's landslide victory in the recent elections that, in turn, guaranteed BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda's continuity at the helm of the central ...

Japanese sun rises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... very loose monetary policy, fiscal largesse and structural reforms. No one could argue with this for it was Abe san's victory nearly five years ago (December 2012) that set the Nikkei-225 index on an upward path - from below 9000 points in 2011 to more ...

QIC announces board appointments

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... experience includes directorships and executive positions at JP Morgan Chase, Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and Victory Capital Management. QIC chairman Don Luke said QIC will benefit from Derrington's extensive real estate investment experience. ...

Trump-flation returns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
... trillion through 2027." That's enough to buy the whole of Italy with Denmark to spare! But just as they did following his victory and inauguration, equity markets are again giving him the benefit of the doubt. More so, after the US Treasury released ...

Decidedly undecided

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
... both services (up to 57.7 in April from 57.5 in March) and manufacturing (55.1 from 53.3). On the other hand, a Le Pen victory would introduce fresh uncertainty, not only for France but on the Eurozone and the European Union as a whole - i.e., Frexit ...

Mexican pain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
... highest rate since April 2009 and marked the third straight time that the central bank has lifted rates since Trump's victory last November. In its policy statement, the bank noted the greater uncertainty faced by emerging markets with regards to fiscal ...

Buying American

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
... September 2012 - in December following a 0.2% dip in the previous month. This, despite the rally in the US dollar post-Trump's victory. The US dollar index gained 5.0% between 8 November 2016 and the end of December last year. Imports rose by 1.5% to ...

Happier euro consumers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... PMI (54.4 in December); manufacturing PMI (54.9) and services PMI (53.7) - the equity market's resurgence since Trump's victory at the 8 November elections and continuing policy accommodation by the European Central Bank. The improvement in consumer ...

A-dollar rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... dollar that gained the most. The Australian dollar has reversed its late 2016 reversal this early in the New Year. Trump's victory sent the A$ down from US$0.7762 on the 8th of November to US$0.7208 at the close of trade on 30 December 2016. Now the ...

Trump makes small beautiful

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... last month and continuing the optimism - the index gained 3.5 points to 98.4 in November -- that ensued following the victory of the man who vowed to "Make America Great Again!" While higher than even the high range of consensus expectations of between ...