Tag Archive: MAS MONETARY AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE

Bond Market Developments : Singapore Savings Bonds, Retail Bonds and ETFs

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“The government will introduce the new Singapore Savings Bonds (SSB), a type of Singapore Government Securities (SGS) for local individual investors, announced Josephine Teo, Senior Minister of State for Finance and Transport, at… Continue reading

Singapore Interest Rates : Are the Waters Safe ?

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A quick glance at global 10 year bond yields and we note that Singapore has bucked the trend in the past 3 months. With SG yields towering over the US, which has not… Continue reading

Forex Lesson 3 : Explaining Singapore's Managed FX Policy System

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I explained to my father AGAIN last night how Singapore’s exchange rate policy works because he did not get it the last time, I suppose. And for me, I do not expect many… Continue reading

No Central Bank Left Behind – Singapore MAS's Surprise MPS

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MAS joins in the fray ! and the SNB, ECB and FED fireworks !! No Central Bank will be left behind. http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-NIV2006KLVRL01-2EOEJQDAO9HDI647QA393MRC4G Link to statement : http://www.mas.gov.sg/news-and-publications/speeches-and-monetary-policy-statements/2015/monetary-policy-statement-28jan15.aspx#.VMgpmo9-Bmg.facebook For the record, this is not… Continue reading

Financial Vulnerabilities In Stability Part 2 – Sustained Growth in the Time of UMP

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To continue from part 1, I assume everyone has read the lengthy treatise that the MAS team painstakingly puts up each year. http://www.mas.gov.sg/~/media/resource/publications/fsr/FSR%202014.pdf It carries it usually cautionary tones that went unheeded last… Continue reading

Bonds In Conversation : Oily Deflation Means The Best Assets In Life Aren’t Free

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Markets are reeling from the OPEC decision which was already known a week ago but nonetheless still a confrontation of OPEC versus BoJ and the ECB. DEFLATION vs INFLATION And a wonderful solution… Continue reading

Forex Focus : The Fair Value of USDSGD

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FOREWORD : If you like this article, please do make a contribution to our site to keep it going. Thank you, from Tradehaven. ***************** USDSGD is at a 2 year high, breaking the… Continue reading

Bonds In Conversation : Change of Month, Change of Heart

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We had a change of month and a change of heart, it seems, in the markets. Alibaba timed the market high this round and we are down over 3% from that fateful 18th… Continue reading

To Singapore, With What ? Time To Look At USDSGD

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I have been in a state of nerves for the entire day, all thanks to a phone call from the Ministry of Communications last night. It was all my son’s fault because the… Continue reading

Weekend Bond Special : New 15Y SGS Auction

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Busy weekend full of nasties from battling the invasion of a monitor lizard in my drain to fighting an influx of little grasshoppers till someone sent me a picture of a squashed monkey… Continue reading