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"Considerable time", is it a-changin'?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... you know, but just so there's no misunderstanding, these words are the words "considerable" and "time" - the words Aunt Janet Yellen had been consistently promising you, I and Irene about the when the fed funds rate would move. It was there last time ...

Calendrically weak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... definition of "considerable time" has become after they conclude their 16-17 September FOMC meeting. Could it be that Fed Chair Janet Yellen's "...you know, it probably means something on the order of around six months or that type of thing" back in ...

FRBSF takes on Jackson Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... as the Australian Financial Review (AFR) prints, "The San Francisco Fed is the home base of US Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen". Sure, sure. Are we talking about the same Janet Yellen here? The Fed Chair who not so long ago - at Jackson Hole ...

The certainty in a sea of uncertainties

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014

Recycling the same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... that the Fed's "considerable time" before raising interest rates won't be so considerable any longer. But nah, not after Janet's Jackson Hole detailed elaboration for the remaining "slack", the "under-utilisation" in the labour market. No sir. Speaking ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... night's session but fell back to close 0.48 per cent higher. The broad US gains were partly because of Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen's commitment on Friday to keeping interest rates low. CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... gains on Friday, taking it to a new six-year high. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said comments by US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen at the weekend were being interpreted as a sign that interest rates there will rise earlier than expected, contributing ...

Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... social cohesion at threat, pressure on the central bank to respond invariably increases." The problem, according to Fed Chair Janet Yellen is: "The assessment of labor market slack is rarely simple and has been especially challenging recently. Estimates ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... stocks closed mostly lower on Friday night following a cautious appraisal of the US jobs market by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and increased tensions over Ukraine at the Jackson Hole summit of central bankers. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... market may weaken as the session progresses as traders prepare for a closely watched speech by US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen at the Jackson Hole Summit. "It's been a positive open but I think we may see some caution as the session progresses ...