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The good and the bad in the Fed rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... point lift, taking the fed funds rate from 0.25% - 0.50% to 0.50% - 0.75% at the conclusion of its 13-14 December FOMC meeting. While financial markets widely expected the Fed's decision, US equities sold (the S&P 500 index lost 0.8% on the day) on the ...

The Fed "live" in November

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... Jeffrey Lacker, Kansas City Federal Reserve president Esther George - warning that the US central bank's 1-2 November FOMC meeting is live. These regional Fed presidents spoke in different tongues but the underlying message is best summed up by Mester ...

Central bank Olympics - the race is on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... the ECB company on the bench. However, unlike the ECB's bias towards joining the race to the bottom, the 26-27 July FOMC meeting suggests that the Fed, instead, would soon be resuming its run... the other way because the labour market has "strengthened" ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... that have prevented the Fed from moving towards further normalisation of monetary policy. Indications from the June FOMC meeting are that the Fed has turned more dovish. Recall that the Fed's forward guidance for four interest rate hikes this year were ...

Minutes to disaster

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
... not, when the Feds - FOMC voter and non-voter alike - are out in force going yakkity yak about the upcoming 14-15 FOMC meeting being a live one. New York Fed President Dudley (voter) thinks "a tightening in the summer, the June-July time frame is a reasonable ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... impact of a weaker US dollar still has to feed through into the factory sector -- came as the Fed begins its two-day FOMC meeting tonight. Orders for durable goods increased by 0.8% in March -- lower than market expectations for a 1.6% gain and follows ...

Data says not yet but what would Janet say?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2016
There's a kind of hush in financial markets as focus turned to the Fed's FOMC meeting which started overnight. While the Fed is not expected to alter monetary policy at all at this month's meeting, there's a niggling sense of anticipation of what Janet's ...

We've got the power and firepower (still)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... fiscal expansion of around ¥10 trillion. The highlight of this week would be the 15-16 March US Federal Reserve FOMC meeting. While no one expects the Fed to do anything on interest rates at this meeting, the Fed's statement would be dissected for clues ...

Yellen fedspeaks her mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... market. Perhaps she didn't want to deviate from the Fed narrative told only last December and retold at the January FOMC meeting. Perhaps she is as uncertain as the rest of us as to what's in store in the coming months. Perhaps. Perhaps. Perhaps. But ...

Cheers to unmet expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
... to a level that even the US Federal Reserve is still wishing to have to this day. At the conclusion of its 26-27 FOMC meeting, the Fed continues to keep its fingers crossed, hoping to meet its 2% inflation target in the medium term (whenever that is). ...