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US growth stable due to resilient consumer-base

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
Growth in the US economy will remain stable at 2% due to resilient consumption and parity between labour costs and productivity, according to Principal Global Investors chief global economist Bob Baur. Speaking at the 2016 Financial Standard Chief Economists ...

Those who want a job can get a job

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... (including mine) that the weak global economy coupled with the US dollar strength is coming back/has come back to bite the US economy's behind. Looked at in isolation, continued US labour market strength justifies the Fed's lift-off decision back in ...

Who spooked the greenback?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... the Fed would continue to raise interest rates this year. But US dollar strength is starting to negatively impact the US economy as evidenced by the latest ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing surveys, durable goods orders, and just last night, the ...

China's January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
... and most other commodities; and, anxiety over the trajectory of the Fed's interest rate policy and its impact on the US economy and emerging markets. In a way, all these are just a continuation of the same issues that concerned investors in 2015 (more ...

Lesson in expectations management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... decision to take the fed funds rate off virtual zero conveyed to one and all its confidence over the outlook for the US economy ("...the economy is performing well and is expected to so, says Yellen). But doesn't the ECB's decision to announce less-er ...

The Fed's done it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
... 14.8% to a reading of 17.86 now that lift-off uncertainty has been removed. What remains uncertain though is how the US economy would react to higher interest rates - the Fed's dot plot shows the FOMC expects the fed funds rate to be 1.375% by the end ...

Lift then back to zero (even negative)?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... speculations of the next one, and the next and... reinforces the current headwinds - domestic and global - that the US economy is facing. But have no fear, future rate rises will be shallow or in the words of the October FOMC statement, "The Committee ...

Road of no return

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... credibility". Yes Virginia, lifting off in December would signal the Fed's confidence on the sustainability of growth in the US economy and could reduce the uncertainty in the financial markets - more so now that our uncles and their dogs are resigned ...

The Fed could get it wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... path of further rate hikes is more important than the timing but even more important is the Fed's assessment that the US economy can take it. Markets hate uncertainty and the sooner the Fed just does it, the sooner uncertainty is lifted or lessened. ...

No December lift off? Small chance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... reiterated case for liftoff strong. Also flagged rising risk of Fed falling behind curve. Mester (non-voter) reiterated US economy can handle modest rate hike." It was the same in June... and then in September. We were sure lift-off was coming, until ...

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