The MAS announced that the next MPS will be held on 30 March, earlier than the typical April date, Terence Wu from OCBC Bank reports.
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“We fully expect the MAS to further reduce the slope of the SGD NEER policy band to neutral. The policy dilemma is whether to lower the policy band to provide a further boost to the economy.”
“Although it cannot be fully ruled out, a lowering of the policy band when the SGD NEER is higher than -1.00% below parity may have significant additional impact on the economy.”
“On the flipside, if the SGD NEER softens further from now till 30 March, we think likelihood of a lowering of the policy band will be correspondingly increased.”
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