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Powell power

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... next year when Yellen's stint end. Here, there's good news. At his confirmation hearing, president Trump's nominee, Jerome Powell, basically indicated that he would continue policy along the lines of his predecessor if confirmed. Given, Wall Street's ...

Changed RBA rate expectations?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... henchmen months, weeks and days before. So too was the well-telegraphed US President Donald Trump's nomination of Jerome Powell. If (when?) approved by the US Senate Powell will replace sitting Fed Chair Janet Yellen on 3 February next year, which is ...

The Fed is Greek too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... wouldn't come in September or December but in September AND December. According to Reuters, "Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell on Tuesday said the U.S. economy could be ready for a first interest rate hike in September followed by a second increase ...

The first is always the best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... strong... if second-quarter GDP look like it is bouncing quite sharply". And here's Jerome - sorry, Fed governor Jerome Powell to me - telling his audience at the Council on Foreign Relations in NY that, "Despite slowing in March, job creation has been ...