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Fed to ban policymakers stock, bond trading

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
... place the Federal Reserve's investment and trading rules at the forefront among major federal agencies," the central bank said. "These tough new rules raise the bar high in order to assure the public we serve that all of our senior officials maintain ...

What family offices want: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021
... January 2021, was one of abnormality due to COVID-19, and traditional market assumptions were tested," she said. "Central bank intervention and massive fiscal stimulus turned a global economic shutdown into one of the strongest bull runs of the 21st ...

Economic recap: Week to October 8

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2021
Combine economic stagnation and rising inflation and what do we get? We get stagflation -- the financial markets' fear du'jour. It had been nearly half a century ago when the global economy have had its last encounter with stagflation. he first ...

Economic recap: Week to September 10

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is concerned but not alarmed at the growing cases of Delta variant infections that's wreaking havoc on the lives and livelihood in Australia's two biggest states - New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria (VIC). ...

Experts torn on inflation outlook

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... stance. He spoke in favour of inflation, pointing out that around the world inflation has consistently been below central bank targets. "Policy makers, central banks need to find the right dosage between allowing this inflation to flourish a bit and ...

Economic recap: Week to August 20

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... monetary and fiscal policies. The ones that sent stock markets soaring to new heights. While concerns are building that central bank - the Fed especially - are behind the eight ball in terms of reining in inflation (because monetary operates with a lag) ...

Economic recap: Week to July 30

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... announced no change in in monetary policy on the same day (29 July) the GDP growth figures were released. However, the US central bank hinted that it could start "tapering" asset purchases soon because "the economy has made progress toward these goals ...

Economic recap: Week to July 23

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... markets to anticipate that it would further QE at its November policy review. Not anymore. Offshore, the European Central Bank (ECB) took centre stage last week. While it preserved the status quo on monetary at the conclusion of its 22 July meeting ...

Top economist Don Stammer to fund UNE scholarship

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... belies his career trajectory that took him all the way to the senior role of deputy chief manager of the country's central bank. He was a director of investment strategy at Deutsche Bank for more than a decade; director of ING Australia for four ...

Active Super returns 23%

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... more volatility coming," he said. "So, we're watching things like inflation, what impact that will have on the central bank [policy] -- where they will start to think that raising interest rates." He said a higher cash rate probably won't happen ...