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Don't ignore China banks: Macquarie

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... are domestically owned, he said. "It's a market in which China has complete dominance. And it's not related to monetary policy in western nations, which is something people tend to ignore," said Wang. Of course, China's economy is affected by decisions ...

Wen again gets what Wen wants

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... economy is like a car "stuck in the snow" because "under excessively loose monetary conditions, further easing in monetary policy does not get the Chinese economy moving forward" and "this is a problem that we have been discussing in great detail in ...

QE results in currency wars

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... according to Threadneedle Investments. In the post-Lehman days, the Federal Reserve adopted a new framework for monetary policy with the introduction of quantitative easing (QE) and an era of central bank balance sheet expansion was born. Fast forward ...

Woe R'Us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
... and behind only Norway and Switzerland in terms of per capita GDP), employment, fiscal balance, scope for more monetary policy accommodation... you name it - "We're simply the best, better than all the rest". It gives meaning to the first phrase of the ...

Australia can't afford complacency: Murray

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... economy. While there are no immediate signs of a big downturn in the economy, concerns on China are serious and monetary policy adjustment, usually accompanied by an exchange rate adjustment, would see this worked through. Murray said however that for ...

Star alignment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to give official interest rates another chop when they meet to deliberate on monetary policy next week. Let's start with the minutes of the 4 September meeting. In it the Australian central bank noted that "the current ...

Why QE3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... progress toward maximum employment and price stability, the committee expects that a highly accommodative stance of monetary policy will remain appropriate for a considerable time after the economic recovery strengthens." I hope that with this explanation ...

Big Ben brings in the heavy guns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... progress toward maximum employment and price stability, the Committee expects that a highly accommodative stance of monetary policy will remain appropriate for a considerable time after the economic recovery strengthens. In particular, the Committee ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... fell as dealers waited to see whether the Federal Reserve would decide measures to stimulate the US economy at a monetary policy meeting. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index bucked the trend to close up 0.65 per cent at 5,819.92 points on Thursday. But ...

Two down, one to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... ultimately headed in that direction - banking union. One to go. Soon we'll know the outcome of the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy deliberations. Bloomberg reports that, "The Federal Reserve is likely to announce a third round of bond purchases ...