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Lies, stats and damned double seasonal adjustments

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair)" The song instantly played in my head as soon as I read about what the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - the one that Fed Chair Janet Yellen was president of from 2004 to 2010 - just did. The San Fran Fed ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... Kenjol Capital Management. The report was much better than in March, but "was not so strong as to suggest the Federal Reserve may actually raise rates next month," he said. Many economists said the jobs data suggested the Fed likely would wait until ...

Magellan ups cash weighting to 15%

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... there is a "Great Disagreement" as to where the US monetary policy will head over the next three years. While the Federal Reserve anticipates a normalisation of the economy and the monetary policy, the market is pricing stagnation and low growth and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... until recently. LONDON - European stocks tumbled on weak US economic growth data, and before the outcome of the Federal Reserve's latest monetary policy meeting. Frankfurt's blue-chip DAX 30 index plunged 3.21 per cent on Wednesday to close at 11,432.72 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... dollar has jumped above the US 80 cent mark on the back of weak US consumer confidence data and concerns about the Federal Reserve's policy meeting that starts on Wednesday, US time. As for the banks, the Commonwealth Bank was down six cents to $92.52 ...

No inflation but no growth either: Janus Capital

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... asset allocation Enrique Chang. Visiting Australia to meet with existing and potential new clients, Chang said the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and other organisations are attempting to generate growth but it hasn't worked as well as anyone ...

Volcker Alliance proposes new US regulator system

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... the establishment of a new Prudential Supervisory Agency that would centralise the regulatory functions of the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and prudential supervisory ...

What might trigger a sell-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... usual trigger people have in mind is a rise in US interest rates. The US economy now looks strong enough for the Federal Reserve to consider increasing its policy rate later in the year. In itself, this should be welcomed. And it will have been very ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... business. Most regions of the US economy expanded in recent weeks, although oil industry layoffs have grown, the Federal Reserve said in a report. Separately, the Fed said US industrial output fell 0.6 per cent in March. LONDON - European equities rebounded ...

The first is always the best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... Fed head honcho's (honcha?) statement at "The New Normal Monetary Policy" research conference sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco last month when she discussed the whys and wherefores of "Normalizing Monetary Policy: Prospects and ...