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Three for three

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017

... Federal Reserve marked time on policy too. It kept the fed funds rate target at 0.50%-0.75% after its 31 January - 1 February FOMC meeting. In its statement, the FOMC noted the continued strengthening in the labour market and expansion in economic activity ...

The good and the bad in the Fed rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016

... 25 basis point lift, taking the fed funds rate from 0.25% - 0.50% to 0.50% - 0.75% at the conclusion of its 13-14 December FOMC meeting. While financial markets widely expected the Fed's decision, US equities sold (the S&P 500 index lost 0.8% on the ...

Trump's helping hand

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016

... In her testimony before the Joint Economic Committee of the US Congress on 17 November, Madam Yellen declared: "Were the FOMC to delay increases in the federal funds rate for too long, it could end up having to tighten policy relatively abruptly to keep ...

The Fed "live" in November

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016

... president Jeffrey Lacker, Kansas City Federal Reserve president Esther George - warning that the US central bank's 1-2 November FOMC meeting is live. These regional Fed presidents spoke in different tongues but the underlying message is best summed up ...

The twenty-first night of September

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016

... night of September". That something, of course, is lifting the US fed funds rate (sending the US dollar higher), should the FOMC adopt dove-turned-hawk Boston Fed president Eric Rosengren's advice that "A failure to continue on the path of gradual removal ...

Yellen speaks Fedspeak

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016

... bit more. Here's the entire paragraph for which the whole phrase containing 17 words was lifted from: "Looking ahead, the FOMC expects moderate growth in real gross domestic product (GDP), additional strengthening in the labor market, and inflation rising ...

Read the data not the Fed's lips

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016

... this year" (Lockhart) and "it's possible" that this could be next month (Dudley) - and while you're at it forget the July FOMC minutes as well. They're old news! What's of greater remit is Janet's current thoughts on the current state of play - the indications ...

Central bank Olympics - the race is on

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016

... kept the ECB company on the bench. However, unlike the ECB's bias towards joining the race to the bottom, the 26-27 July FOMC meeting suggests that the Fed, instead, would soon be resuming its run... the other way because the labour market has "strengthened" ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016

... the pace of improvement in the labor market has slowed... although the unemployment rate has declined". According to the FOMC statement, the slowdown in the labour market came just as "growth in economic activity appears to have picked up". Household ...

Minutes to disaster

MARK SMITH | MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016

... planet earth for another lift... as soon as next month and by more before 2016 becomes 2017. How could we not, when the Feds - FOMC voter and non-voter alike - are out in force going yakkity yak about the upcoming 14-15 FOMC meeting being a live one. ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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