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Fairy tales may come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... saying, "it ain't over till the fat lady sings", well, last night... she did. Read her lips and hear her sonata: "Were the FOMC to delay the start of policy normalization for too long, we would likely end up having to tighten policy relatively abruptly ...

Road of no return

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... perceived importance of the beginning of the policy normalization process." This one sentence in the minutes of the October FOMC alone captures the message that Fed chiefs have lately been spreading on their speaking tours - it's not the timing of the ...

The Fed could get it wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... return of US monetary policy back to normality let's go back to when it started turning abnormal. September 16, 2008 - Fed FOMC meeting day and the day after Lehman Bros collapsed. Bernanke & Co have already dropped the fed funds rate target from 5.25% ...

Pepared for "lift-off" watch out for "ceasing"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... it's all systems go for a December lift-off -- assuming of course that everything stays on course between now and when the FOMC meets on 15-16 December. Bring it on! The spin du jour is that the Fed's message that it's not the timing of the rate hike ...

No December lift off? Small chance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... off here we come! Although there weren't anything we already did not know, last night's release of the Fed's 27-28 October FOMC meeting minutes reminded you, I and Irene that December is still live. Although the statements were rather qualified, you ...

A December lift if...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2015
... very first speech (16 April 2014) as the Fed's head honcho: "Let me review some important elements in the evolution of the FOMC's communication framework. When the FOMC initially began using its unconventional tools, policy communication was relatively ...

Six point five is PM Li's new like

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... surely would." - 'El Condor Pasa' by Simon & Garfunkel After all the dissecting, de-constructing and probing of the October FOMC statement for missing/added words, phrases and sentences, financial markets came up with raised odds for a December lift-off ...

December lift-off, yeah, sure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... past few months whenever talks of a "sooner-than-later" lift-off is talked about... and this one is coming soon, at its next FOMC meeting on 15-16 December. Deja vu? Yes, Virginia, you've read this one before - http://www.financialstandard.com.au/news/view/51858182 ...

Not this year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... data the Fed's looking at right here right now. Data that shows, unless a Christmas miracle happens between now and when the FOMC convene for the final time this year on 15-16 December, all we'll get are promises (threats?) that lift-off is coming. Make ...

Christmas in October

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
... get to hear and read and parse and dissect the words of Janet Yellen after the US Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets on 27-28 October. While no one(not even a mouse) expects the Fed to stir this month, it would be interesting - perhaps ...