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US data says...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... reveals about the economy." This was the last iteration of "data dependent" you, I and Irene heard from Fed Chair Janet Yellen when she spoke before the Providence Chamber of Commerce in Rhode Island on the 22nd of May about well... the "actual course ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... 4,813.80 as traders moved into undervalued stocks. Hong Kong and Seoul were closed for public holidays. Fed chief Janet Yellen said on Friday she expects to raise rates from historic lows "at some point this year", warning that a delay could risk overheating ...

Shares higher on US rate outlook

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said stocks were also supported by comments from US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen that the Federal Funds Rate will be raised later this year, adding that the rises will be gradual. "She made it clear that ...

Market lower as Wall Street falls

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... futures contract was down nine points at 5,6732. On Friday, US stocks finished lower after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the plan to raise interest rates this year was on track. Locally on Monday, OZ Minerals and Reef Casino Trust holds its ...

Running on neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... intra-day trade before finally closing sharply unchanged. Either it doesn't know where to go next or is waiting for Chair Janet Yellen's yak tonight - who's unsure when to go. Ahh, but then she repeated and reiterated and echoed so many, many, times ...

Lies, stats and damned double seasonal adjustments

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... played in my head as soon as I read about what the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - the one that Fed Chair Janet Yellen was president of from 2004 to 2010 - just did. The San Fran Fed solved "The Puzzle of Weak First-Quarter GDP Growth"! "The ...

No downing the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... period" of three years". Perhaps Gov Carney is also waiting to see what happens to see how financial markets react when Chair Yellen does. But while they wait - Carney on Yellen and Yellen on the data and financial markets - the Australian dollar would ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... in the middle of the week after weaker-than-expected US economic data and a warning from US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen that stock valuations were "quite high". Tokyo stocks on Thursday fell 1.23 per cent after a three-day holiday. The Nikkei ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... Street fell for a second straight session following disappointing jobs data and a warning from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on high equity valuations. Locally on Thursday, official jobs figures for April are released, and the Australian Industry ...

The first is always the best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... until the twelfth of never? This, as much, is what the much-awaited minutes of the 17-18 March FOMC meeting told us. That Yellen & Co, themselves, aren't so sure of the when of the first federal funds rate lift-off in the current cycle. Then again, even ...