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The moment of truth cometh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
Finally, it's here that long speculated week when the Fed decides. It's crunch time all around folks. Each and every FOMC voting member and his dog and cat must be busily crunching the numbers as I type to give an intelligent and convincing rationale ...

Lift Janet lift

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
We're now heading into the home stretch people - the weekend before the week the Fed meets and decides. The FOMC has a full week from today to make up its mind and us, lesser mortals, the same time to speculate and rumour-monger about what on Janet ...

Labour market says go, inflation says no

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... lift-off. There was something for everyone. Those expecting the Fed to pull the lift-off trigger at their 16-17 September FOMC meeting are correct. The unemployment rate dropped from 5.3% in July to 5.1% in August - the lowest level since April 2008 ...

Feds still in a hole at the Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... all." - Ronan Keating Or rather, they did - the voting and non-voting members of the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC). Their conflicting stances did not settle the when of the lift-off issue one single bit at what used to be 'the decider' ...

The man with the golden jawbone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... 25bp cut in interest rates and 50bp reduction in banks' reserve requirements. 'twas Bill -- New York Fed Bank president and FOMC vice-chairman William Dudley - and his jawbone that did it. "From my perspective, at this moment, the decision to begin the ...

Should the Fed re-launch QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... take a trip back to 29 July, Virginia - the day the Fed released its policy statement at the conclusion of its 28-29 July FOMC meeting - it was sliced, diced and dissected for changes in semantics and modifiers in the Fed's wordings. The final verdict ...

Watching out for the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 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 16-17 September." This morning, Chris Ciovacco -- founder and CEO of independent money management firm Ciovacco ...

Reading too much out of nothing at all

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 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 16-17 September. Perhaps, I'm missing the point - or worse, a few screws. The quick rationale that is being peddled ...

The Fed is Greek too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... unfolding Greek saga. Fed Chair Janet Yellen told us so only last week. In her press statement after the conclusion of the 2-day FOMC meeting (16-17 June), Janet told us: "...Greece and its creditors are faced with very difficult and consequential decisions ...

Mi problema su problema

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... committee." Thank you Yahoo News. And then there's this statement from Fed Chair Janet Yellen after the conclusion of their 2-day FOMC gabest: "...Greece and its creditors are faced with very difficult and consequential decisions in the days ahead. This ...