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The BOJ's boring Halloween

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
Halloween 2017 may have produced some palpitations as kids (and the kids at heart) went trick or treating, but for the Bank of Japan (BOJ) 'twas a fairly ho-hum event. At the conclusion of its 30-31 October policy meeting, the Japanese central served ...

No more tears?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
Is it still April Fool's or what? We all know it's just for a day - the 1st of April - but exactly two weeks after, the sun is shining, the sky is blue and everything's looking wonderful for me and you. Yes Virginia, financial markets - or more accurately ...

May cut, may not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
Getting hot, hot, hot. Betting on whether the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would take down the official cash rate from a record low 2.25% to a lower 2.0% following its May Board meeting tomorrow heats up. Bloomberg's latest survey says... 24 out ...

Japan did it again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
... stunning 56.7% return in 2013), I warned on this space that: "For I've seen it all before - the before and after of April fool's day 1997 - when the Ryutaro Hashimoto's government saw the economy was turning out fine and dandy in 1996 and decided that ...

Goodbye QE, hello QQE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
"You say stop and I say go go go, oh no You say goodbye and I say hello Hello hello" -- The Beatles Just as the Fed concluded QE3, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) served up the biggest trick or treat this Halloween by expanding its QQE. The trick. Not even ...

The waiting game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... policy". However, the same euro/greenback weakness is the same exact reason why the ECB could disappoint... yet again. April fool's day this week is also when Japan's consumption tax rises from 5% to 8% -- the first since it was raised from 3% to 5% ...

Action!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
So there we have it folks, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) has responded. The financial presses and commentariats may be calling the Japanese central bank's decision to expand its lending facilities a surprise but we know better, do we not? The BOJ must have ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... consumer spending are functions of front-loaded purchases ahead of the increase in the consumption tax from 5% to 8% come April fool's day. These purchases, if 1997 is any guide (when the consumption tax was raised from 3% to 5%), would vanish soon after. ...

Japan's coming April fools' day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014

Sellers beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... the International Monetary Fund - was promised a tripling of its capital after the G20 Summit in London roundabout April Fool's day, the WB only received an endorsement of its 'Vulnerability Framework' from the G20 - no fresh mints. Why? Because the ...
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