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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... readings have stayed above the expansion line over the same period. Markit Flash Eurozone PMI Cue in the growing mass of central bank unbelievers - those opining that CB policy -- QE and negative interest rates - have become ineffective, this one's for ...

Minutes to disaster

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
... it would be a positive for central banks trying to boost their economies or inflation or both such as the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan (BOJ). It would be disastrous for emerging markets - particularly for those with debts denominated ...

He pleaded, he promised, he threatened

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... verbally abuse the yen to its knees. The yen has steadily risen against the greenback since 28 April when the Japanese central bank announced that it would "continue applying a negative interest rate of minus 0.1 percent to the Policy-Rate Balances in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... with a healthy labour market. Euro industrial production Not producing. This might as well refer to the European Central Bank's (ECB) QE and negative interest rate policy. But the story here is the disappointing euro industrial production result. Industrial ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
... easing CPI inflation. The annual inflation rate slowed from 9.4% in March to 9.3% last month - more than double the central bank's 4.5% target. UK industrial production UK industrial output declined by 0.2% in the year to March after a 0.1% pick up in ...

RBA envy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... nominee? It's none of the above. It is the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) surprise (well, to about half of the central bank's watchers at least) 25 basis point reduction in the official cash rate to a record low 1.75% on the 3rd of May following the ...

RBA appoints next governor

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
... appointed its next governor. Philip Lowe, who will take up his new role in September, has been deputy governor at the central bank since February 2012. He is also deputy chair of the RBA board and chair of the RBA's risk management committee. Prior to ...

Further monetary stimulus risks woeful asset returns

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
Central banks are running out of road. If governments ask them to continue down the path of previously unthinkable monetary policy without implementing fiscal policies of their own, there are likely to be severe unintended consequences for the global ...

May sell may go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... this. If needed, we can deepen negative rates much more," Kuroda declared at a news conference after the Japanese central bank's monetary policy meeting held on 27-28 April. But perhaps, financial markets only used the BOJ as an excuse to sell. After ...

Down, down prices are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... nay, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) has repeated many many times that it is not targeting the yen, so have the European Central Bank (ECB)... and everyone and his dog are taking their words for it. Not so for the Reserve Bank of Australia. Cast your minds a ...