monetary policy

This will be the first policy statement under new managing director Chia Der Jiun

Any surprise tightening will complicate the already-fragile growth

A global recession — or worse, stagflation — is now inevitable.

The Citi analysts believe there is a 60% chance of at least 100bps upward re-centring and concurrent 50bps slope steepening.

Jakobsen was already warning about inflation as far back as late 2019

MTI has lowered Singapore’s GDP growth forecast for 2022 to 3% to 4% from 3% to 5% citing a worsening global economic environment.

At the Fed's policy-making meeting on Dec 14 & 15, officials will announce a speedier tapering of asset purchases.

Fitch Solutions is expecting the Singapore Dollar to average at $1.3450/USD this year, following a “slightly stronger position"

Diversified asset allocation from dividends and certain fixed income substitutes can help investors capitalise on low rates.

At the start of this year, Asian high yield bonds were one of the asset classes favoured by UBS Asset Management (UBS-AM) to outperform. Their valuations did not look overly stretched and fundamentals were firm. In fact, the US and C