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Chief economist update: Anchoring the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
"We have to take the economy through the pandemic and into a recovery phase, which has now started. We need to really anchor the recovery. We always talk about inflation anchoring and we are not oblivious to that. But the recovery needs to be firm ...

Chief economist update: Europa rides the bull once again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
... inflation moves towards its aim in a sustained manner, in line with its commitment to symmetry". Former ECB president Mario Draghi was dubbed 'Super Mario' for doing "whatever it takes" to revive the Eurozone economy from the global financial ...

Chief economist update: Great Scott! Mighty Mo to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... 'super', but I've already used that moniker in reference to former European Central Bank (ECB) president Marion Draghi when he did "whatever it took" to save the splintering of the single currency region from splintering due to the "Grexit" ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone negative rates a failure?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
"Give me a one-handed economist. All my economists say 'on one hand...', then 'but on the other..." - Harry Truman The AFR recently published an opinion piece from Kate Samranvedhya - a Bachelor of Science in Economics graduate from Massachusetts ...

Chief economist update: Arrivederci Signor Draghi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... longer-term refinancing operations (TLTRO III), and (v) the introduction of a two-tier system for reserve remuneration." Draghi was listed as the 8th most powerful person in the world by Forbes in 2014, ranked as the world's second greatest leader ...

No room for policy mistakes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
... (yet again) under its new managing director Kristalina Georgieva (who replaced Christine Lagarde who's replaced Mario Draghi as ECB chief). To be sure, Dr Georgieva has already warned about this in her inaugural speech on the 6th of October "Everyone ...

Chief economist update: The greatest central banker of modern times

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... central banker of modern times" because "among other things, he very clearly saved the euro from collapse in 2012-13", Draghi is running out of time to see the fruits of his new stimulative policies before his term expires on October 31. The ECB Governing ...

Chief economist update: Whatever it takes, however long it takes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... dissent from central bank heads and officials from Germany, Austria and the Netherlands against a big stimulus package, Draghi over-delivered. "First, as regards the key ECB interest rates, we decided to lower the interest rate on the deposit facility ...

Chief economist update: Super Mario's last hurrah

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
... thus, headline inflation developments over the medium term." This was what European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi told his audience (and the world) at his press conference straight after the ECB's last monetary policy meeting held on ...

Chief economist update: ECB to leave no policy tool unturned

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
... president Mario Draghi's speech at the ECB Forum on Central Banking in Sintra, Portugal on June 18. 'Twas here that Draghi hinted a change of stance from keeping steady policy settings for longer to providing additional stimulus, saying: "This ...
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