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Patience, my dear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... on 18 March will take centre stage this week. Yes Virginia, here we go again. We go guessing the "will she, won't she" of Janet's patience again - that is, would US Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen drop the word "patient" this month... or would ...

It might just be a matter of time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... earth's wares to them. But in the meantime, while we only have planet America to buy our wares, the question is when would Janet cry enough is enough, fight back and re-join the race? Would this be bad seen as good or good interpreted as bad? We might ...

You sexy thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... economy - the sole growth engine - weaken for their already soft/slowing economies would weaken even more. Just one word from Janet putting lift-off on ice in the meantime could slow/stop the US dollar's ascent while she waits for the economies of the ...

LMCI's portrait of labour market conditions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... forward to June once more - like it was when the January payrolls report surprised on the very good side last month. For Janet told us so not even two weeks before at her semi-annual testimony. "If economic conditions continue to improve, as the Committee ...

My QE, your problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... economy. How high could the greenback go before the Fed fights back? A word, a rhetoric, a wink, wink, nudge, nudge from Janet (of longer patience) could reverse this - and take us full circle to even greater competitive currency devaluations and beggar-thy-neighbour ...

Fight or be beggared by the neighbours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... 23-24 Feb when Yellen told the Senate and then Congress that she'll remain "patient" for a little while longer. You think Janet's being magnanimous? No way, Jose. It's war, it's war I tell you - currency war, that is. The Fed can't afford to let the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... going to tighten any time soon and equities can continue to climb in the wake of this," he added. US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen also hinted in testimony to US lawmakers this week the central bank was in no hurry to raise interest rates. HONG ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
... $US1.1360 from $US1.1342 late in New York on Tuesday. HONG KONG - Asian stocks were mixed after US Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen dampened speculation of a rate hike before summer, and as eurozone finance ministers backed Greek reforms critical to ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... opened flat despite fresh records on Wall Street on the back of positive congressional testimony by US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen about interest rates. CommSec chief economist Craig James says there were impressive international lead-ins for ...

Say when

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
Yes. No. Maybe. I don't know. This is dear Aunt Janet's answer to the "lift-off" question that everyone has been waiting for - and speculating on -- since the Fed completed its QE taper back in October last year. There was plenty of information in the ...