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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... Australian labour market and the absence of a big surprise - up or down - provides no immediate implication for RBA monetary policy adjustment. US CPI inflation Headline consumer prices increased by 0.2% in May, slowing from April's 0.4% monthly gain ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
US Fed monetary policy decision No one expected the Fed to alter monetary settings this month - and they didn't - primarily due to the disappointing May employment report released in early June - and it was, "Information received since the Federal Open ...

ZIRP to bring back "animal spirits"?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... capex have continued to decline... and by more. The knee-jerk reaction is, of course, renewed clamour for more monetary policy largesse, i.e. interest rate cuts. But as Gov Glenn's stated back in August 2014, "... the thing that is most needed now is ...

Yellen fedspeaks her mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... remain, for some time, below the levels that are expected to prevail in the longer run."...and the same old caveat, "monetary policy is by no means on a preset course." Rates could rise faster or slower depending on incoming data. "The same old story ...

Doom(ed) rebound?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... "whatever it takes" Mario started the ball rolling, announcing that the ECB would "review and possibly reconsider our monetary policy stance at our next meeting in early March in order to secure a return of inflation rates towards levels below, but close ...

The Fed's done it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
... modest increase in the federal funds rate target is now appropriate, recognizing that even after this increase monetary policy remains accommodative. As I will explain, the process of normalizing interest rates is likely to proceed gradually, although ...

Lift-off off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... put further downward pressure on inflation in the near term." These were the words in the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy statement of September used to justify the US central bank's decision not to lift interest rates last month notwithstanding ...

Inflation expectations says no

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... Fed speak. Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer reportedly "told a group on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund meeting in Peru" that the Fed will raise interest rates this year. But (of course there's a but, it's Fedspeak), this ...

Confused and confounded

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... to do. Wall Street fell on the day - 18 September -- the Fed announced that it is maintaining the status quo on monetary policy. Sure, the Street was disappointed, hence the adverse reaction. The American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) even ...

Fed will lift later this year if...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... already rung even before US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen uttered her first word on "Inflation Dynamics and Monetary Policy" at the At the Philip Gamble Memorial Lecture, University of Massachusetts, overnight. Then again, Wall Street didn't miss ...