Monetary Policy

After a stellar start, Japan's 'Abenomics' faces dim future

17 May 2013

In the six months since Shinzo Abe emerged as the likely winner of last December's election, Japan's Nikkei 225 stock index has soared by 74 per cent, easily beating the rest of the world's major...

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Rates head for more cuts

11 May 2013

Global central bankers are poised to ease monetary policy even further after a wave of interest-rate cuts from India to Poland. As Group of Seven finance chiefs gathered in Britain yesterday,...

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China's mild inflation rise leaves door open for rate cut

9 May 2013

Chinese inflation rose in April from March but remained relatively low, leaving room for the central bank to cut rates to stem capital inflows and spur domestic demand. Central banks the world...

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Australia employment surges in April, jobless drops

9 May 2013

Australian employment surged by 50,100 in April to more than make up for a drop the previous month and nudge the jobless rate down, a resoundingly upbeat report that sent the local dollar speeding...

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South Korea cuts interest rate to aid exporters as weak yen helps Japan

9 May 2013

The Bank of Korea joined central banks in Australia, Europe and India in cutting interest rates this month, as a weak yen dims the outlook for exports and record household debt weighs on...

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Bank of England set to hold rates after upbeat data

8 May 2013

The Bank of England is expected this week to hold record-low interest rates and its quantitative easing cash stimulus, after encouraging British economic growth data and despite fresh moves...

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Opinion

Tom Holland

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

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Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

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Australia central bank cuts rates to record low

Australia’s central bank cut its main cash rate to a record low of 2.75 per cent on Tuesday and signalled there was room to ease further to support the economy, given low inflation and an...

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Japan factories power up; unemployment falls

Japan logged a modest pickup in factory output in March as the nation’s unemployment rate hit a multi-year low, official data showed on Tuesday, with the government pointing to brighter times...

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Japan factory output seen up for 4th straight month, recovery slow

Japan’s industrial production is expected to have risen for a fourth consecutive month in March albeit at a modest pace, a Reuters survey showed, in a sign that factory output is recovering slowly...

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ECONOMY

Bank of Japan redoubles commitment to easing

The Bank of Japan put on a show of resolve about its ambitious plan to boost the country's money supply at a policy meeting yesterday, as economists had expected, hours after a report highlighted...

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Australia inflation below forecast, rate cut eyed

Australian inflation came in below forecast in the January-March quarter, data showed on Wednesday, underscoring softness in the economy and spurring talk of an interest rate cut.

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Timing the key in Japan's massive gamble to revive the economy

After two "lost decades", Japan has begun a risky monetary gamble. Abenomics has the potential to make or break Japanese savings, the Asian century and global recovery.

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