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Mmm bargains, hmm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... maybe, just maybe, fresh Fed chief Janet would ease up or stop or even unwind the QE unwinding (that is, increase asset purchases). More so if the volatility in emerging markets persists, becomes contagious and buys a round trip ticket to bite Uncle ...

Roast Turkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... we haven't even factored in the Fed which last night announced another US$10 billion withdrawal to its monthly asset purchases...and even higher interest rates when Turkey's rating is downgraded. Currently, Turkey is rated BB+ ("highest speculative grade") ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... release of the minutes of the Fed's October 29-30 policy meeting, which suggested its $US85 billion-a-month in asset purchases could soon be reduced. LONDON - European stocks mostly pulled back as investors awaited clues as to whether the US Federal ...

QE according to Yellen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... ultimately enable the Fed to reduce its monetary accommodation and reliance on unconventional policy tools such as asset purchases. I believe that supporting the recovery today is the surest path to returning to a more normal approach to monetary policy." ...

QE infinity anybody?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... improve faster than expected, and inflation appeared to be rising decisively back toward our objective, the pace of asset purchases could be reduced somewhat more quickly. On the other hand, if the outlook for employment were to become relatively less ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
... of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) "suggested that it might soon be time to slow somewhat the pace" of asset purchases, while others urged patience. Locally, Australian bond futures prices fell after the minutes' release. "It's mostly factored ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... billion-a-month bond-buying program later this year, but only if the US economy improved. "I emphasise that, because our asset purchases depend on economic and financial developments. They are by no means on a preset course," Mr Bernanke told a House ...

Clear as crystal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... delivered to the House Financial Services Committee last night...only more elaborate. "I emphasize that, because our asset purchases depend on economic and financial developments, they are by no means on a preset course. On the one hand, if economic ...

Adjusting for adjustments

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... improvement in the outlook for the labor market would be required before it would be appropriate to slow the pace of asset purchases." But "Several members judged that a reduction in asset purchases would likely soon be warranted, in light of the cumulative ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... indicated that further improvement in the outlook for the labor market would be required" before a reduction in the asset purchases would be merited. LONDON - European stock markets fell while the euro recovered against the US dollar, as traders' focus ...