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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016

... that there were reasonable prospects for continued growth in the economy, with inflation close to target" -- and nary a jawboning word from RBA governor Glenn Stevens, should keep the A$ well-bid in the near term. US housing starts There was a big disappointment ...

Small funds winning group risk race

ALEX BURKE | MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015

... quarter - Rainmaker's report shows that repricing has been "more moderate than expected." Reinforcing this, despite APRA's jawboning of the superannuation group insurance sector, the regulator recently reported a 20% annual increase in insurer premium ...

Jawbone collection

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014

... how close Fed is to goals" and thus predicted rates liftoff by the end of the first quarter of next year. There was jawboning from that other central bank that's also expected to begin lift off soon. Bank of England (BOE) chief economist Andrew Haldane ...

A tale of two A's

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014

... disappointing Westpac consumer confidence survey, disappointing increase in new home loans, bearish technicals, RBA jawboning (after all this time, Gov Glen's jaw finally worked?), and of course, of course, speculation that the Fed and the BOE's are ...

Governor Glenn lets his jaw drop

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014

... exchange rate. It can vary enough from month to month that we risk chasing our tails if we seek to engage too actively in 'jawboning' each month." No month-to-month "active jawboning" perhaps, but jawbone Governor Glenn did. "But lest there be any uncertainty ...

Nikkei 13K

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013

Put up or shut up

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012

... and seemingly with all the juicy details at that? This makes me suspicious that Mario's intent was more of the same - jawboning the markets instead of direct, concrete action. This is the complete opposite of what Brazil - whose economy has slowed more ...

Twisting the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011

... lower discount rate. I would have stayed with my furs and love for honey had the Fed insisted on mere platitudes and jawboning the economy out of its stupor. But this latest Fed action has resurrected the bull in me - and you don't even have to twist ...

Daily economic update

... Minister Koizumi said the central bank should remove the zero interest rate policy as it sees fit. This reverses earlier jawboning urging the Bank of Japan (BoJ) to keep policy unchanged removing a major hurdle for the BoJ. Latest activity figures also ...

Housing finance expected to have risen in August

AAP | THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003

... people's loan repayments. "I'm sure the Reserve Bank would like to see these numbers tail off naturally from all their jawboning, but they've been jawboning for 18 months and it hasn't had the desired impact that's for sure," Mr Thompson said. "It might ...

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