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From the mouths of Feds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... amounts to nought... it's the Fed guy's interpretation of the data flows that amounts to well... lift-off, or not. Madame Janet must have been given them their marching orders to "go forth and spread the word' for several Fed officials have been doing ...

'Brexit' betting booths now taking bets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... US bond yields fell from the prior week (before the Fed) while the US equity market rose. Yippee-kay-yay! Kudos to Madame Janet for her craftily-crafted "forward guidance", she was able to take out 'patient' without panicking the markets. Having typed ...

The real problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... US equities and commodity prices fell. This is because no matter how you slice, dice, chop or spin it - throw in Madame Janet's "not impatient" for good measure - the removal of the word signals that the Fed is set to raise the fed funds rate sometime ...

A win-win currency war?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... rates lift off offset by foreign purchases of US Treasuries. Perhaps the currency war is not a zero sum game after all. Janet can start lift-off and at the same time keep long-term borrowing rates low on one hand - not to mention domestic consumption ...

"Patient" is the (key)word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... longer. As I type, a number of combinations, permutations and/or versions have been sprouting on the interweb over how Aunt Janet would phrase her statement. She could say this... and add that... remove reference to... but emphasise... Blah, blah, blah. ...

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 ...