monetary policy

SINGAPORE (Dec 29): Swiss global financial services company UBS is staying positive on US and emerging market (EM) equities in the year ahead.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 23): Asia’s worst-performing currency since Donald Trump’s surprise US election victory is putting a Malaysian interest-rate cut out of sight for now.  

NAGOYA (Nov 14): Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Monday the economy is sustaining momentum towards hitting the central bank's 2 percent inflation target but risks are tilted to the downside due to uncertainty over the global economy.

SINGAPORE (Nov 1): Stock markets will be facing a bumpy ride in the next couple of weeks, says DBS Group Research.

SINGAPORE (Oct 25): Singapore’s economy can expect a “generally subdued growth environment” but this should keep inflationary pressures modest in the near-term, says the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) in its bi-annual macroeconomic review rel

SINGAPORE (Sept 23): After its two-day Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting over 20-21 Sept, a divided Fed has decided to leave its policy rate unchanged – at least until December.   

SINGAPORE (Sept 20): Companies in Asia excluding Japan have been taking on increasing debt, a study by Morgan Stanley found. While Taiwan, Korea, Indonesia, and India have the most favourable debt scores, Singapore, China, Malaysia, and Thailand have the

SINGAPORE (Aug 11): The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) has cut interest rates by 25bps, which takes the official cash rate (OCR) to an all-time low of 2%.

SINGAPORE (July 28): “Near-term risks to the economic outlook have diminished,” this was the key message in the latest policy statement from the US Federal Reserve, according to OCBC Chief Economist Richard Jerram in his Thursday research report.