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The Fed could get it wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... performance over the past week shows there is now widespread acceptance - sweet surrender? - for a fed lift before you, I and Irene are done putting up our Christmas trees and hanging up our stockings. The rationale d' etre being the path of further ...

No December lift off? Small chance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... anything we already did not know, last night's release of the Fed's 27-28 October FOMC meeting minutes reminded you, I and Irene that December is still live. Although the statements were rather qualified, you can't miss "December" in the minutes if you ...

Santa Mario brings cheers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... to do - ease lending conditions. So 'twas baby what a big surprise when ECB pres Mario Draghi hinted at giving you, I and Irene more than the "two front teeth" we want for Christmas. "The degree of monetary-policy accommodation will need to be reviewed ...

Fed will lift later this year if...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... well, inflation dynamics and monetary policy (which I found refreshing), Madam Janet repeated the reiterations you, I and Irene have been hearing many, many times before. It's a very long speech (5,531 words of it) but the "Conclusion" just about tells ...

Not happy Jan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... inflation in the near term" and Janet's clarification, "We focused particularly on China and emerging markets". You, I and Irene have seen the data alright and they paint a picture of a US economy that's growing above trend with a strong labour market ...

A$ falls to the occasion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... see something we haven't seen in 14 years - an Australian recession. Then again, there's hope young lady, one you, I and Irene can be thankful for, and that is the Australian dollar is falling. Hip, hip... The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has found ...

Three for three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... yuan/US dollar exchange rate that littered the financial presses carefully designed to scare the beejeesus out of you, I and Irene. Note that we're supposed to be weeping and gnashing our teeth at the 11 August line (I update it for the two-fecta and ...

Reading too much out of nothing at all

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... change in semantics is laughable, if not outright stupid, when you consider Madam Yellen's stated intent to keep you, I and Irene informed and prepared well in advance when she's about to push the lift-off button. This reminds me of RBA Gov Glenn's comments ...

Gold's no longer gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... Friday, is not buying as much gold as imagined. The PBOC released figures last Friday - after five years of keeping you, I and Irene in the dark - showing that it's gold holdings increased by 57% to 1,658 tonnes at the end of June from 1,054 tonnes in ...

Chexit, Checcident and Chimbo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... "checcident" in the financial system that would put PM Li's 7% growth target in "chimbo." So there. Absent Greece, you, I and Irene would be peeing our pants with headlines announcing the 28% plunge in the Shanghai Composite Index from its near eight-year ...