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Lift then back to zero (even negative)?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... keeping the target federal funds rate below levels the Committee views as normal in the longer run". As the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) puts it, "In December 2016, for example, the Fed projects a 1.375% fed-funds rate. Futures markets put it at 0.76%." ...

Three days to lift off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... market is taking a hit. Third Avenue Management's high-yield credit fund shut down last Friday and the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports that Stone Lion Capital Partners has suspended redemptions in its credit funds. Commodity markets are the same......and ...

Inflation expectations says no

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... watch the economic data and financial market developments are more certain - the latest result of the Wall Street Journal's (WSJ) monthly survey shows that 64% of them believe the 15-16 December FOMC meeting will produce a lift-off. What's that joke ...

It's not the when but the what happens after

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... monetary policy back to normal, the more relevant question is how would financial markets react. The latest Wall Street Journal (WSJ) survey of economists show 82% expect a September lift-off; Bloomberg's survey shows only 50%; and, according to trading ...

Extensions - What the Greeks await and the Russians hate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... by April 2016. But these were predictions made before the extension of sanctions. As for the EU, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) prints that Russia's ban on European agricultural exports last summer, "has cost European firms around a,-5 billion ($5.7 billion) ...

The unborn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... to be the night when the Grexit clock struck 12 - the make or break - and then there's this from the Wall Street Journal (WSJ): "Special summit of eurozone leaders called for Monday". Trust the masters of "kicking the can down the road" to having a kick ...

Uncertainty over JPM job cuts in Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... senior hires in the last few weeks, including a new head of infrastructure and a head of sovereign and institutional. The WSJ said that the redundancies were an effort to improve the bank's efficiency and are part of a broader industry move toward internet ...

A$ at 80c

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... preparing something akin to a QE, if true, should underpin further price appreciations. According to the 'Wall Street Journal' (WSJ) "China's central bank is readying its most aggressive easing tool since it launched a massive stimulus plan in 2008 to ...

Go south young (China) man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... gain of 10% (14.2% year-to-date). The Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect is finally connecting! As per the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), "Chinese Orders of Hong Kong Shares Hit Limit for First Time" "Net inflows of money from mainland China to Hong Kong reached ...

The die is cast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... Irene now know that the ECB is going shopping every month for a,-60 billion worth of assets but as the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) headlined on 25 February, "ECB Faces Struggle in Sourcing Enough Bonds for QE". (http://www.wsj.com/articles/ecb-faces-struggle-in-sourcing-enough-bonds-for-qe-1424868462) ...