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Bonds reward equity investors seeking refuge

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... demonstrated by a flattening slope between three and 10-year government bonds. This has resulted in Australia's yield curve flattening from 65 basis points into 50 basis points over the last year. The good news is Australia's curve is fairly ...

Chief economist update: Does the Fed lift or cut interest rates just for the heck of it?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
... Fedspeak about the US central bank being data dependent? The recent data on inflation, inflation expectations and the yield curve says...so easy-ier. As an aside, for the life of me I still couldn't understand why the Fed's reveal about being ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... themselves: While the lead from the Markit PMI shows the US economy still up there in terms of economic expansion, the yield curve brings not so good tidings. Not surprisingly, commodity prices have been dropping. The Thomson Reuters/CoreCommodity CRB ...

Chief economist update: Tariff man takes Wall Street down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... comments that he saw a flat fourth-quarter trading environment. "The first inversion of any portion of the Treasury yield curve in more than a decade awoke the specter of a recession," he said. Sure, they all add up. But if (and whenever) Wall Street ...

Chief economist update: Thanks for nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... September. More pertinent, inflation expectations have come down... big time. Recall the spook Wall Street got when the US yield curve - the yield differential between the US 10-year and two-year bonds - flattened to 0.4% (the lowest since 2007) in the ...

ALP victory to have meaningful impact: Daintree

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
... rates, adding a Labor victory would likely push the RBA from 2019 to 2020, anchoring the short end of the Australian yield curve. "We think to some extent right now bonds have come off a little bit, but there might be some more of that to come as a result ...

Chief economist update: BOJ on a steady

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... policy deliberations tomorrow: "The bank will continue with "Quantitative and Qualitative Monetary Easing (QQE) with Yield Curve Control," aiming to achieve the price stability target of 2%, as long as it is necessary for maintaining that target in a ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street has fallen, prepare to be greedy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... rise in bond yields is a good omen. Recall the fear over America heading for a recession because of the flattening yield curve that's under threat of inverting? The yield differential between the 10-year and 2-year Treasuries has now steepened to ...

Chief economist update: Famous last words

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... night by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) is reason to be concerned: "The ability of the Treasury yield curve to predict future recessions has recently received a great deal of public attention. An inversion of the yield curve - when ...

Chief economist update: Little market reaction from BOJ tweak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... guidance for policy rates, and to enhance the sustainability of "Quantitative and Qualitative Monetary Easing (QQE) with Yield Curve Control." The first forward guidance under the new expanded monetary policy regime is: "The Bank intends to maintain ...