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Easier for as long as necessary?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... from emerging market countries. And oh, it would also give the People's Bank of China (PBOC) pause for thought of further yuan devaluation. But these present a problem for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). This is because the flipside of a weaker ...

We've got the power and firepower (still)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... level). Another big central bank helped support market sentiment last week. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) by lifting its yuan fixing by 0.34% -- the biggest daily fixing since November last year -- to 6.4905 vis-A -vis the greenback. Recall that ...

Deflation and China pose biggest risks: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... global growth proceeds along PIMCO's central case of around 2.5% accompanied by a modest uptick in inflation, and that the yuan's depreciation will be contained to the mid to high single digits versus the USD, while oil prices move higher from current ...

US dollar downed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... lower repayment costs for countries - mainly emerging markets - with US dollar denominated debts, ease pressure on further yuan devaluation and at the same time, underpin US company profits. All pluses for Australia.

Strength in (A$) weakness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... Risk" sign erected by the People's Bank of China (for it, itself, doesn't know what to do, it seems). The PBOC wants a lower yuan exchange rate like the BOJ and the ECB to cheapen its currency to stimulate growth in its economy and export deflation elsewhere... ...

Down but upbeat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
... down 3.8% so far in 2016 and 12.0% from a year ago. And despite China's August 2015 and early January devaluation of the yuan - the aussie's fetching 2.5 less yuan this year and 7.2% lower against the yuan from a year earlier. The Australian dollar has ...

Doom(ed) rebound?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... into place". China's doing its bit too. Vice-President Li Yuanchao assured markets that China does not intend to pursue a yuan devaluation policy and that it would endeavour to contain stock market volatility. Two days from now, we'll find out what the ...

ETFs benefit from market volatility: SSGA

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
... the current volatile market environment, stock picking for individuals is getting more difficult. "The dramatic fall of the yuan against the Greenback has led to a fall in confidence in commodity exporting countries, including Australia, prompting a ...

China's green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
... than the previous month's 9.2% dive and market expectations for an 11.0% decline. It appears that China's devaluation of the yuan last August is starting to have its intended effect and that January's move could be the last. It also reinforces Han Jun's ...

China's low-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... tidings for the rest of the world as it would prompt greater outflows out of China and put more downward pressure on the yuan which, practically means that China would be exporting its low-flation and slowing growth problem to the rest of us. The good ...