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Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... territory. Following its June meeting, according to Trading Economics, the BoJ said it would keep its pledge to increase the monetary base at an annual pace of about 80 trillion yen (about A$1 trillion). Policymakers also decided to leave rates unchanged ...

Economic wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
... since the US subprime crisis which led to the GFC, the report argued that the geopolitical reality behind the future monetary order is that China's global influence is rising at a time when that of the US and Europe is fading. In China this is part their ...

Standard Life Investments calls for more monetary easing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
Standard Life Investments chief economist Jeremy Lawson has called on governments to ease monetary policy further in light of some worrying structural trends which he said were amplified by the result of the UK's referendum on EU membership. Lawson ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
... it will happen... in August. This was the Bank of England's message after its 14 July policy deliberations - the first monetary policy committee meeting post-Brexit -- where it left the Bank Rate unchanged at 0.5% and maintained its asset purchases at ...

Australian elections just gave uncertainty a top up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
... what was Australia's improving economic outlook. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets tomorrow to deliberate on monetary policy. It's almost certain to keep policy unchanged until some of these uncertainties become more certain. Next month, when ...

PROFILE: Industry Super Australia chief economist Stephen Anthony

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... capital expenditure is well and truly below the levels that many would expect post-GFC, and especially among the current monetary policy settings. This has driven up the prices of assets like equities and bonds and "relatively made things like investments ...

Fixed income, smart beta need better access

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... growth and developed market growth. One thing to get us out of this will be when fiscal policy steps up to the plate. Monetary policy is experiencing diminishing returns in terms of its effectiveness," McNaughton said.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... month. In its statement, the BOT noted some risks to the Thai economy that include: "the fragile global economic recovery, monetary policy divergence among major advanced economies, the result of the EU Referendum in the UK ('Brexit') and financial stability ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
... South Korean consumer price inflation at very low levels. This should give the Bank of Korea (BOK) further scope to ease monetary. Earlier this month, the BOK unexpectedly cut interest rates to a new record low of 1.25% from 1.50%. Apart from falling ...

Parting could be such sweet sorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
... Kingdom. A UK vote to exit the European Union could have significant economic repercussions." There's the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warning that Brexit is "the largest near-term risk" to the UK economy, it could spark a crash in the stock and ...