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- including information on monetary policy (issue #2), and implementation of monetary policy (issue #5) Feb 2000 Monetary Model of Singapore (MMS) Conference; model formally launched; overview documentation released on webpage Apr 2000 Introduced Table on prices and yields of Singapore Government Securities
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- Recent Economic Developments
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- Specifically, the financial services sector was weighed down by a pullback in the banking and security trading segments, alongside heightened uncertainty in international financial markets.
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- Recent Economic Developments
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- Sentiment-sensitive activities such as security dealings and forex trading benefited from the rally in global financial markets, with turnover values of the local bourse and the forex market growing by 12.2% q-o-q and 3.4% q-o-q, respectively.
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- Recent Economic Developments
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- Looking ahead, however, the broad-based economic expansion could be dampened by policy risks, including the need to secure Congressional approval to raise the debt ceiling by mid-October.
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- Macroeconomic Reviews
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- generally yields The Singapore Government Securities (SGS) yield curve flattened significantly in the past year, with the 2-10 year spreads narrowing from 219 bps in Q1 2002 to 148 bps at end-December 2002.
- Uncertainties over the potential war in Iraq may also have boosted the safe haven status of government securities. (Chart 3.2) The Japanese Government Bond (JGB) yields ended the period 41 bps lower, as falling domestic share prices and deflation made investors.
- Non-Performing Loans Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries Purchasing Managers Index quarter-on-quarter Real Effective Exchange Rate Seasonally Adjusted Seasonally Adjusted Annualised Rate Singapore All-Share Index Singapore Government Securities
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- Macroeconomic Reviews
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- Yields of longer-term Singapore Government Securities rose initially in the fourth quarter of 2003 in tandem with the increase in US Treasury yields.
- (Chart 4.14) The growth in fixed capital formation, however, has been more modest in the case of Indonesia and the Philippines, in part reflecting the heightened security and political risks.
- After rising to 0.88% in end-October, the 3-month domestic interbank rate eased back to 0.69% as at end- November, in line with lower Singapore Government Securities (SGS) and US bond yields, following the Feds reiteration of an accommodative monetary policy stance.
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- Recent Economic Developments
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- In addition to easing monetary policy, the government has announced a host of relief measuresincluding tax, fee and social security contribution breaksto tide companies through the short term before the rebound in growth takes place.
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- Consultations
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- 6 MAS POWER TO UNWIND/RESTRICT RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS 6.1 Under section 27(3) of the BA, where it appears to MAS that any credit facility from or exposure of the bank is to the detriment of the interests of the banks depositors, MAS may direct the bank to secure
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- Guidance
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- CMIs must secure the necessary information and documentation to adequately manage the customers risk on an ongoing basis. In addition, for customers who present higher risks, CMIs should endeavour to meet such customers to better assess and mitigate the ML/TF risks posed.
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- Consultations
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- the excepted categories in section 5A (section 5A); limit portfolio equity investments in a single company to 2% of the capital funds of the bank (section 31); limit holdings of immovable property to a reduced amount of 20% of bank's capital funds (section 33); and enable MAS to secure