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Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... and around a third invest for less than a year. BoJ expected to go even deeper into negative interest rates Japan' central bank is meeting today and is expected to lower rates again taking their official interest rates even deeper into negative territory. ...

Bond investors must relax benchmark constraints

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... number of key central banks have put negative interest rates in place, including the Bank of Japan (BoJ), the European Central Bank and the central banks of Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland. Managing director of QIC's Global Liquid Strategies (GLS), Susan ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
... of any stimulatory measures will be determined during the August forecast and Inflation Report round". The British central bank was relieved that markets functioned well post-Brexit, "and the improved resilience of the core of the UK financial system ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... mid-point of the yuan's trading band at 6.6857 yuan per dollar, down 0.39% from the previous day's close. The Chinese central bank's latest move caused little stir in the financial markets. This could be because this has lately become a regular occurrence ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2016
... rate unchanged at a record low 1.75% following its 5 July meeting. The RBA statement revealed that the Australian central bank sees continued growth in the global economy (albeit, "at a lower than average pace") and "overall growth in Australia is continuing" ...

Brexit - the Australian connection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... early 2018. MarketWatch even reports that "...a minority of fed-funds futures traders are now betting that the U.S. central bank could actually cut interest rates at its next meeting, in July". Another race to the bottom could ensue. The economic and ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... expectations that inflation would return to its target band (2.5% +/-1.5%) "...within the latter half of the year". The Thai central bank's key policy rate had been unchanged at 1.50% since April 2015 following the BOT's 25 bps rate reduction on the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... December last year. But before you shout rate hike, note that it is the core PCE price index reading that the US central bank tracks. Latest available data show core PCE inflation was at 1.6% in the year to April with the headline PCE at 1.1%. BOJ on ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... Negara Malaysia scope for easier monetary policy in light of the country's slowing economic growth. The Malaysian central bank has kept interest rates unchanged at 3.25% after raising them from 3.0% in July 2014. Over the same period, Malaysian GDP growth ...

Financial services needs more female leaders

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
Australia is inside the top 10 of more than 30 countries when it comes to the percentage of women on financial services executive committees. The latest Women in Financial Services report prepared by management consultant Oliver Wyman shows women account ...