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Chief economist update: Three minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2018
... The minutes of the meetings of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), the European Central Bank (ECB) and the US Federal Reserve (Fed) were released last week. Despite their economies operating at different points in the economic cycle, the central banks' ...

Chief economist update: The Fed's force is with us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... investors could get from buying long-term US Treasuries. However, these are all based on expectations that the US Federal Reserve will be more aggressive towards lifting interest rates that, in turn, is based that the Fed's prophecy about inflation lifting ...

Money managers eye household debt

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
The US Federal Reserve is raising interest rates and other central banks have signalled they too will pare stimulatory measures introduced in the wake of the GFC, all of which has significant consequences for money managers in 2018. The Reserve Bank ...

The darling buds of inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... services at higher prices later. Then again, this could be offset by a more aggressive policy response by the US Federal Reserve but given current indications... perhaps, not yet. Although it tracks the core CPI measure's direction, the core PCE price ...

Getting better and betterer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... - a record in itself - and these, despite geopolitical concerns, the threat of Trump's impeachment and the US Federal Reserve slowly tightening the screws on monetary policy and expensive valuations. At the end of 2017, the S&P 500 index's P/E ratio ...

Powell power

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
There wasn't really anything earth-shattering in US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's testimony before the Joint Economic Committee of the US Congress overnight where she discussed 'The Current Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy'. Growth is gaining ...

C is the key

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
It's 21 days before the US Federal Reserve proclaims to the world that the fed funds rate is 25 basis points higher to 1.5%. Gauging from the CME FedWatch Tool, this is 91.5% certain. I don't think anybody can quibble with this. But one striking point ...

Fed does the expected, will do as expected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
It was the event that wasn't. This event, of course, is the US Federal Reserve's 31 October - 1 November FOMC meeting. The Fed's forward guidance is the same as it was in the 20 September FOMC statement when it announced that it would initiate its balance ...

Beige Book report delivers known knowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... it was up there with major indicators like employment and inflation that spark major market movements. The US Federal Reserve's description of the "Beige Book" explains why it is so: "Each Federal Reserve Bank gathers anecdotal information on current ...

As clear as it gets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
... Meeting of the National Association for Business Economics in Cleveland, Ohio proved why she's chair of the US Federal Reserve. Discussing "Inflation, Uncertainty, and Monetary Policy" she brought all these differing Fed officials' opinions together. ...