central banks

SINGAPORE (July 22): The global financial crisis that erupted in 2008 transformed the role of central bankers and the scale and scope of their policy toolkit. Today, financial stability is once again at the core of central banks’ missions, and interest

(June 17): It appears that all that is gold glitters now, with more central banks, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and consumers buying the precious metal. Gold accumulation by central banks and other institutions rose 68% y-o-y in 1Q2019. Recent data from t

(June 17): It appears that all that is gold glitters now, with more central banks, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and consumers buying the precious metal. Gold accumulation by central banks and other institutions rose 68% y-o-y in 1Q2019. Recent data from t

SINGAPORE (Sept 21): There were at least 102 Singapore-listed companies with net gearing ratios of above 100%, with 17 operate in the property management and development industry, according to 12-month trailing data from Bloomberg.

SINGAPORE (Apr 16): Policy makers in Asia grappling with how to measure the growth of e-commerce just scored one more tool in Singapore.

SINGAPORE (Feb 2): The Federal Open Market Committee, meeting for the last time under outgoing chair Janet Yellen, left the federal funds rate unchanged on Jan 31 while paving the way for rate hikes under Yellen’s successor Jerome Powell.

SINGAPORE (Dec 19): Morgan Stanley is in the view that the ongoing global economic cycle will stay stronger for longer, on the back of a pick-up in investment growth, a gradual rise in core inflation, steady removal of monetary accommodation, contained f

WASHINGTON/FRANKFURT (Dec 15): Central bankers are gingerly trying to take away the punch bowl without interrupting the party.

SINGAPORE (Dec 5): Central banks will be tightening monetary policies in 2018, but this is no cause for alarm, as higher rates could usher in opportunities, according to financial firm UBS in its The Year Ahead 2018.

(Aug 28): Leaders of the world’s most powerful central banks defended post-crisis reforms at their annual retreat in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, while discussing the causes and consequences of populist waves that have reshuffled the political order in the US