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Chief economist update: The (dot) plot thickens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
The Fed has spoken and Wall Street didn't like what it heard and saw (in the dot plots). US equities painted the board red, with all benchmark indices closing on the down low, while yields on 10-year US Treasuries went on the up and up. This is ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019
... 0.8%; Nasdaq up 1.1%; and Russell 2000 up 0.5%. Bad, bad news is good news! This is because it heightened speculations of more Fed rate cuts. The CME FedWatch Tool put the probability that the Fed funds rate would fall from the current 1.75%-2% to 1.5%-1.75% ...

Chief economist update: Submerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
... money market funds now offering yields around 2% - where 10-year Treasuries were just last September - and prospects for more Fed hikes, the bar for heading into riskier assets has been raised. Headlines on trade disputes that could hit Asian exporters ...

Beige Book report delivers known knowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
Back in the day - in the 1990s - when I still had a full head of hair, we placed great importance to the Fed's Beige Book report for it was up there with major indicators like employment and inflation that spark major market movements. The US Federal ...

Janet's words stronger than BOJ and ECB bazookas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... near-term improvement. The thing is that the cheap US$-supported economic lift could re-ignite speculations of earlier/more Fed hikes, sending the US dollar higher, limiting US growth, prompting Fedspeak of "cautious and gradual" action... Round and ...

The bad and the bad and the bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... annual core inflation rate accelerated to 1.8% in March from 1.7% in February from 1.6% in January and December equals more Fed impatience equals sooner-than-later lift-off equals bad. China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) tightening rules on ...

Here we go again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... interest rates will rise sooner than everybody expects". My guess is that if Wall Street's sell-off continues, one or two or more Fed officials - perhaps, even Aunt Janet herself - would come out swinging the low interest rate for longer mantra once ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher after a positive close on Wall Street on Friday following Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's speech at an international conference of global central bankers. At 0800 AEST on Monday, the September ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street enjoyed a solid session on speculation the Federal Reserve will act to stimulate the US economy. At 0800 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 26 points ...

Good news from bad stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... here Heather, lie the good news in the bad. For the 'bad-der' the news become, the 'good-der' the prospects (hope?) for more Fed stimulation coming our way. This is what equity markets are pricing in right here, right now. Debate over whether or not ...
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