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Should the Fed re-launch QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... trip back to 29 July, Virginia - the day the Fed released its policy statement at the conclusion of its 28-29 July FOMC meeting - it was sliced, diced and dissected for changes in semantics and modifiers in the Fed's wordings. The final verdict being ...

Watching out for the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... months whenever talks of a "sooner-than-later" lift-off is talked about... and this one is coming soon, at its next FOMC meeting on 16-17 September." This morning, Chris Ciovacco -- founder and CEO of independent money management firm Ciovacco Capital ...

Reading too much out of nothing at all

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... months whenever talks of a "sooner-than-later" lift-off is talked about... and this one is coming soon, at its next FOMC meeting on 16-17 September. Perhaps, I'm missing the point - or worse, a few screws. The quick rationale that is being peddled by ...

The Fed is Greek too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... saga. Fed Chair Janet Yellen told us so only last week. In her press statement after the conclusion of the 2-day FOMC meeting (16-17 June), Janet told us: "...Greece and its creditors are faced with very difficult and consequential decisions in the days ...

Mi problema su problema

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... spillovers to the US that would affect our outlook as well." Incidentally, there was fresh news a-nothing from the FOMC meeting. Yes the dot points have moved, the economic outlook lowered - and they will continue to move as new information comes in ...

Grexit nears, markets cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... least 5 percent" coming. Double duh! No doubt the Fed's watching the Greek deal proceedings as it began its two-day FOMC meeting last night. A September lift-off remains the standing bet. But if Grexit happens and sparks another upheaval in the financial ...

Strong USD reflects (deflects) lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... greenback. And oh, it also reduces inflation pressure. The Fed is clued in on this. The minutes of its 28-29 April FOMC meeting revealed that members discussed the "damping influence of the dollar's appreciation". "A number of participants suggested ...

When?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
That was a bit of an anti-climax, wasn't it? The outcome of the anxiously-awaited US Federal Reserve's two-day FOMC meeting, that is. And it took them all of two-days to come up with well... basically what you, I and Irene already knew and expected....while ...

A$ at 80c

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
All eyes, ears, and noses are on the Fed and how it crafts its forward guidance when its 2-day FOMC meeting concludes tomorrow. Yes, it's forward guidance for there is nothing in the stars pointing to a lift-off announcement when tomorrow comes. While ...

The first is always the best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... later that year. Or... 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 ...