monetary easing

“Safe-distancing measures and weaker labour market will dampen consumer demand, thereby capping prices increases for discretionary goods and services,” note MAS and MTI.

MAS will release its next six-monthly Monetary Policy Statement on March 30 – slightly earlier than usual. However, it added that this should not be seen as an off-cycle move.

(Jan 10): China’s consumer inflation steadied in December while factory price declines moderated, leaving room for monetary easing to cement a recent stabilisation in economic growth.

(July 29): In the aftermath of the global financial crisis (GFC), central banks around the world embraced aggressive monetary policies to minimise the fallout and kick-start the recovery process. That includes cutting policy rates to historic lows, even i

SINGAPORE (July 29): “Generally speaking, you have resilience in the services sector and in the construction sector. At the same time, this outlook is getting worse and worse. And it’s getting worse and worse in manufacturing, especially. And it’s g

(July 29): In the aftermath of the global financial crisis (GFC), central banks around the world embraced aggressive monetary policies to minimise the fallout and kick-start the recovery process. That includes cutting policy rates to historic lows, even i

SINGAPORE (March 13): The brighter economic outlook for Asia this year is set to contrast with 2016’s more sobering expectations due to positive signals from several key metrics so far, says UOB in a Monday flash note.

SINGAPORE (June 27): The sharp rally of the Japanese yen in reaction to Brexit has been nothing short of “extreme,” writes Takahiro Sekido, Japan strategist at Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi-UFJ in a Friday note.

SINGAPORE (June 16) - Asian economies are likely to resort to expansionary fiscal policies to drive growth in their countries due to persistent constraints on monetary easing, says Priyanka Kishore, Lead Asia Economist at Oxford Economics in a Monday repo