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Chief economist update: The colour of Beige

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
... remained unchanged: "Economic activity continued to expand at a modest to moderate pace across the 12 Federal Reserve Districts in March and early April. Outlooks remained positive..." On inflation, "upward wage pressures persisted but generally did ...

Beige Book report delivers known knowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... Bank on a rotating basis." Yes Virginia, the Beige Book summarises the state of play in each of the 12 Federal Reserve districts. And if I may add, it's released approximately two weeks before the Fed deliberates on monetary policy at its FOMC meetings ...

Desperately seeking workers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... released. The Beige Book report showed that economic activity continued to expand across all the 12 Federal Reserve Districts over the period from mid-February to the end of March. While the Fed described the pace of expansion as "modest to moderate" ...

Somethin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... This as much was the conclusion from the Fed's most recent Beige Book survey: "Reports from the twelve Federal Reserve Districts indicate that overall economic activity continued to expand in September, although many Districts described the pace of growth ...

Snakes and ladders

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... with joy, it didn't. It wasn't overjoyed that the Beige Book declared that, "Reports from the twelve Federal Reserve Districts suggested continued growth in national economic activity during the reporting period of mid-July through the end of August ...

Wall Street beauties

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... regions stating that "Overall economic activity increased somewhat since the last report across all Federal Reserve Districts except St. Louis, which reported 'softened' economic conditions." Last month only nine of the 12 regions reported "modest" improvement. ...

Hermaphrodite economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
... manufacturing index rebound to growth territory last week and the August Beige Book - a survey of America's 12 Federal Reserve Districts - indicate that economic activity is improving yesterday. There was more testosterone for the market last night with ...
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