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Waiting and hoping

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... "Operation Twist" - to lower the cost of capital by putting a ceiling on 10-year Treasuries -- when it holds its FOMC meeting this week. Let's wait and see. Still, chances are that any goodwill this brings would be temporary unless Europe gets its act ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... the market at the moment. Everyone is just sitting on the sidelines waiting for what will happen next week at the FOMC meeting," she said. "Everyone's just marking time until more action is seen through what will happen in the Greek debt resolution." ...

Fed move checks markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... outlook for interest rates in its policy statements since the GFC to "at least through mid-2013" after last night's FOMC meeting. Yes folks, the fed funds target rate will remain at between 0 and 0.25% for two more years. "The committee currently anticipates ...

Knights in shining armour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... http://www.financialstandard.com.au/news/view/12074574/ ) where I noted that the wording of the minutes of the Fed's May FOMC meeting, "The Committee will monitor the economic outlook and financial developments and will act as needed to best foster maximum ...

The sound of QE3

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
... markets didn't like what they heard, for they didn't listen. It was another down day on The Street after the Fed's post-FOMC meeting statement and Big Benny's press conference confirmed that the "economic recovery is continuing at a moderate pace, though ...

Bear have no fur

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... side for who knows when, ensuring that liquidity remains plentiful. The Fed said so themselves and from their April FOMC meeting minutes they told us that they are prepared to embark on "another program of asset purchases" if there is "a significant ...

Let's party!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... dissenters in last night's FOMC vote - zilch, nil, nada. Kansas City Fed President Thomas Hoenig had objected at every FOMC meeting since 2010 over the central bank's easy policy stance. He even called the US$600 billion QE2 a "dangerous gamble" and ...

Fed money drives black swans away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... as investors go, they'll just have to give up on sushi and sashimi in the meantime. The minutes of the Fed's March FOMC meeting perhaps provide a clue to the markets' positive sentiment. The minutes revealed that the Fed still sees no need to relax its ...

When good is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... Then again... maybe not. There are two major market moving items on the cards this week - The US Federal Reserve's FOMC meeting and the release of US fourth quarter GDP growth stats. Financial markets expect the Fed to maintain the status quo - no change ...

Shopping till unemployment drops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
... for the Fed. The US Federal Reserve announced no change in its US$600 billion Treasury purchase program after its FOMC meeting overnight because, "Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in November confirms that the economic ...