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Easy CBs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... that the economy continues to recover moderately. Whether or not the BOJ can avoid increasing the amount of its asset purchases down the track hinges on the after-effects of the consumption tax hike on consumer and business spending. Still, as for the ...

Beggars at war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... week but the bottom line is that taper is on cruise control and US interest rates would remain low long after asset purchases end. That's another way of saying we're not gonna offer you high rates anytime soon... buy another country's currency... like ...

May the Fed be with you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... measured taper as she goes: "... the Committee decided to make a further measured reduction in the pace of its asset purchases" because "Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in March indicates that growth in economic activity ...

Bouncy bouncy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... debate, discourse, disagree to agree, agree to disagree about the rationality/effectiveness of CB money printing/asset purchases but at the end of the day... we can only play the hand we're dealt with. But while the picture still looks promising, volatility ...

A 1987-style crash cometh (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... notable change in the outlook" for the economy and the labour market would prompt the Fed to slow the pace of asset purchases.... and in case of real trouble, maybe even increase purchases again. There's nothing stopping the Fed from doing so - especially ...

The art of fighting without fighting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... negative deposit rates, offer new long-term loans to European banks, unsterilised securities markets program (SMP), asset purchases (QE) - but provide more accommodation, the ECB would, they thought. All they got was more of the same. The ECB kept its ...

The waiting game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... stimulus in each of its policy meetings this year, including what form it would take - negative deposit rates, asset purchases, forward guidance, etc. - on the back of the growing threat of deflation in the region. Each time, the ECB disappointed, opting ...

Quicker and faster hikes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... Yellen said.... and that is, earlier and faster Fed rate hikes. While the FOMC statement offered few surprises - asset purchases reduced by a further US$10 bil; changing from a quantitative-based to qualitative-based policy guidance... and expanding ...

Bottoms up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... because the US central bank's balance sheet continues to expand despite the US$10 billion monthly reduction in asset purchases it implemented starting in January. The Fed is still buying assets... only US10 bil less each month. My back of the envelope ...

No guarantee

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... However, the unemployment ticked up to 6.7% from 6.6% in January. What this means for the on-going Fed reduction in asset purchases is that... it'll keep on going. This is because the latest US jobs report contained no new information that portends a ...