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QE2 to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
... America. Hooray! News overnight reported that the US Federal Reserve had already been preparing for this since its FOMC meeting last 21 September. According to the minutes of the FOMC meeting: "In light of the considerable uncertainty about the current ...

Much ado over more of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... situation is not so dire as to trigger QE II at this time. At the end of the day, it had been another case of another FOMC meeting, another statement opened to varying interpretations. At least the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development ...

A friend like Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
"Ben most people would turn you away I don't listen to a word they say They don't see you as I do I wish they would try to I'm sure they'd think again If they had a friend like Ben (a friend) like Ben (a friend) like Ben." -Michael Jackson Have no fear ...

Good news day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... increased but buyer traffic was unchanged. Wrap these all up with the relatively positive tone of the minutes of the Fed FOMC meeting last month and you can't help but have a smile on your face. And have I told you about Deere and Whole Foods Market ...

One down, more to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
There were no surprises contained in the Fed's statement after it concluded its two-day FOMC meeting overnight. Wall Street breathed a sigh of relief. One down! "The Committee will maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 0 to 1/4 percent ...

Stimulexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
... about the markets' confusion because the Fed itself is confused. Just have a look at the minutes of the Fed's last FOMC meeting. Spend, spend, spend...and spend some more. "A few members noted that resource slack was expected to diminish only slowly ...

The I word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... jump in the PPI. Now the market is all a-buzz that the US Federal Reserve - which is in the midst of its two-day FOMC meeting - would likely begin raising interest rates sooner and/or unwinding some of the stimulus measures. I wonder how financial markets ...

Small thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... And for those pooh-poohing all these improvements as a Fed-sponsored rush of adrenalin, minutes of the 3-4 November FOMC meeting leave no doubt that US interest rates would remain at almost zero "for an extended period." All these good news in a single ...

Another dead feline bounce

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
... this be? Look around you, or at least look at the US. No less than the Federal Reserve itself, admitted at its June FOMC meeting that, "Most participants saw the economy as still quite weak and vulnerable to further adverse shocks." And that, "Although ...

The good in the bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
... deterioration in the economy has slowed. The US Federal Reserve summed this up nicely in a statement following its FOMC meeting. 'The economy has continued to contract, though the pace of contraction appears to be somewhat slower.' There'll still be ...