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Chief economist update: BOJ Tankan tanking?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... previous quarter - remaining at the +20 to +25 range established since the start of 2017. This justifies the BOJ's June statement that: "Private consumption has been increasing moderately, albeit with fluctuations, against the background of steady ...

Chief economist update: BOE lets peers do the heavy lifting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
... an opposing forward guidance to the future path of UK interest rates. The British central bank admitted in its June statement that: "Trade concerns have contributed to volatility in global equity prices and corporate bond spreads, as well as falls in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... New Zealand dollar exchange rate. The trade-weighted exchange rate is significantly higher than assumed in the June Statement. The high exchange rate is adding further pressure to the export and import-competing sectors and, together with low global ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
... The latest dwelling finance commitment report gave almost immediate evidence to the RBA governor Glenn Stevens' 7 June statement that, "Indications are that the effects of supervisory measures have strengthened lending standards in the housing market. ...

RBNZ tries to turn the turn in NZ economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... construction activity, and high net immigration. However, the growth outlook is now softer than at the time of the June Statement. Rebuild activity in Canterbury appears to have peaked, and the world price for New Zealand's dairy exports has fallen sharply." ...

'As expected' changing expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... small but salient tweaks the Fed made. Tweak, tweak: "The unemployment rate, though lower, remains elevated." (18 June statement) "Labor market conditions improved, with the unemployment rate declining further. However, a range of labor market indicators ...

Trick or treat?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... meeting. "I started a joke, which started the whole world crying..." (Bee Gees). And sure enough, though Uncle Ben's June statement was hedged: "We would expect to slow/moderate later this year and through early part of next year, it would end. "If we ...
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