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Read the data not the Fed's lips

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
... latest updates on employment and inflation and consumer and business spending and growth - and what that implies for monetary policy. Kill me now! That's what I would say if I were the Fed chairman and my course of action is hugely dependent on data ...

Efficiency key to performance in low-return world

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... economic or market shocks; the report highlighted these issues were magnified following projections by the International Monetary Fund that global markets will see low growth until 2020. Given the difficulties in generating returns in this climate, it's ...

Combination of fiscal and monetary policy essential for Japan

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
Japan must look to a combination of fiscal and monetary policy if it wishes to achieve the structural reform as set out in the third arrow of Abenomics, according to QIC Shocking global markets with the announcement of negative cash rates in late January ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... effective exchange rate remains 3.0% lower). Expect further gains in retail spending as the Bank of England's 2 August monetary policy easing works its way into the economy.

Investors missing healthy returns amid bond fears

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
... the return of quantitative easing in the UK in the wake of the Brexit vote and the Bank of Japan's review of its own monetary policy mean a case can be made for bond prices rising further still. "The bull case for global fixed income might see a collapse ...

Hunter Hall delivers profit boost

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... the outlook for FY2017 and said investment markets face many risks in the year ahead. "Valuations of equities are high, monetary and fiscal policies are at extremes, the European and Chinese banking systems are troubled and economic growth appears to ...

Central bank Olympics - the race is on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... the European Central Bank (ECB) opted not to start running when at its governing council meeting on 21 July, it left monetary policy unchanged - refinancing rate at 0; deposit rate at minus 0.4%; marginal lending facility at 0.25%; monthly asset purchases ...

Magellan eyes 'exponential growth' from second machine age

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... "There are some commentators who believe that the central banks will need to implement even more aggressive forms of monetary policy, such as the monetisation of government debt or a 'helicopter drop' of printed money in order to induce inflation. "If ...

Rate cut would do little to help economy: WAM

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... slightly less desirable for those investors on the hunt for yield. "All of the economies are calling that we need to ease monetary policy further to actually get inflation going. It's questionable whether you can actually do that. "In Australia, the ...

Is gold on the ceiling for Australian investors?

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... uncorrelated to equities and bonds; and it tends to be mean reverting. Over longer periods it protects our investors from monetary inflation, it allows us to capture major trends caused by speculators and central banks," Rachcoff said. The Cor Capital ...