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Chief economist update: Submerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
... growth in activity and put more downward pressure on their currencies. It would be interesting to hear what Fed Chairman Jerome Powell thinks (and is prepared to do) to short circuit these shorting of emerging market currencies and equities at his Jackson ...

Chief economist update: Don't mind the gap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... 2016 - one that's puzzling central bankers around the world and recently voiced out by US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. It appears that, for Australia's labour market, at least, growth in wages has tightened more its negative correlation ...

Chief economist update: What goes around is starting to get around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... you're wondering, well, why aren't wages going up faster?" These were the words of US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell in his interview with Kai Ryssdal - host and senior editor of Marketplace. These words also perfectly summed up the results ...

Chief economist update: The Goldilocks rate of interest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
... (and lift inflation) and not too hot that it would cause economic activity to slow. Ho-hum. US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's prepared testimony before the US Congress (and even in the Q&A session) offered very little forward guidance - ...

Chief economist update: Weak wages a puzzle, could become a problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
... you're wondering, well, why aren't wages going up faster?" These were the words of US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell in his interview with Kai Ryssdal - host and senior editor of Marketplace. These words also perfectly summed up the results ...

Chief economist update: Minutes of concerns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018
... yields low. 'Twas a logical explanation at the time and is more or less is along the same line that current Fed Chairman Jerome Powell used - he claims that short term rates are rising because of the hikes and the smaller lift in the long-term yields ...

Chief economist update: Lessons from the last world trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... which expressed their concerns at the ECB Forum on Central Banking held at Sintra, Portugal on 18-20 June. US Fed Chairman Jerome Powell: "Changes in trade policy could cause us to have to question the outlook...We have a very wide range of contacts ...

Chief economist update: Submerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
When Fed chief Jerome Powell tried to explain the US yield curve's flattening as a function of rising short rates because of the rate hikes (and expectations for more) and a smaller lift in the long-term yields because of safe-haven buying, I questioned ...

Chief economist update: New Fed chief, same policy direction (but more transparent)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
... 10-year Treasuries climb by three basis points to 2.89%; and the Bloomberg dollar spot index appreciate by 0.6%. Blame it on Jerome Powell and what he told the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives in his first testimony as ...

Chief economist update: The Fed's force is with us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... guidance with regards to monitoring "readings on financial... developments". "I'm ready to take all my chances with you" Jerome. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist ...