EFTA Document EFTA01377051

CIO insights Weekly Bulletin - 19 August 2016 Perspectives From the Regions Asset C tazi:ses Forecasts Facts & Figures Asian central banks consider further easing Asia • Asian central banks continue to engage in easing measures. The past month has seen the Reserve Bank of Australia, Reserve Bank of New Zealand and Bank Negara Malaysia cutting their policy rates to multi-year lows. • Other major Asian central banks may follow this trend. We believe that the People's Bank of China, Ban