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Grexit nears, markets cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... of at least 5 percent" coming. Double duh! No doubt the Fed's watching the Greek deal proceedings as it began its two-day FOMC meeting last night. A September lift-off remains the standing bet. But if Grexit happens and sparks another upheaval in the ...

Strong USD reflects (deflects) lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... into the greenback. And oh, it also reduces inflation pressure. The Fed is clued in on this. The minutes of its 28-29 April FOMC meeting revealed that members discussed the "damping influence of the dollar's appreciation". "A number of participants suggested ...

You can forget June

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... depending on incoming data - particularly on employment and inflation. This is the main take-away from the minutes of the FOMC's 28-29 April meeting....but you can forget June... June is dead. "A few anticipated that the information that would accrue ...

RBA cuts as expected, A$ does the unexpected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... Furthermore, and most important, inflation is low and is expected to remain low for some time." If Evans' view prevails at the FOMC, RBA Gov Glenn may have longer to wait, or... just cut rates some more.

May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... easy/easing policy mode - would reignite the US dollar rocket that, in turn, would turn the US Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC) April statement that the first quarter economic slowdown is due to "transitory factors" a lie. But perhaps it's not. ...

When?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
That was a bit of an anti-climax, wasn't it? The outcome of the anxiously-awaited US Federal Reserve's two-day FOMC meeting, that is. And it took them all of two-days to come up with well... basically what you, I and Irene already knew and expected....while ...

A$ at 80c

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
All eyes, ears, and noses are on the Fed and how it crafts its forward guidance when its 2-day FOMC meeting concludes tomorrow. Yes, it's forward guidance for there is nothing in the stars pointing to a lift-off announcement when tomorrow comes. While ...

The first is always the best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... or later that year. Or... until the twelfth of never? This, as much, is what the much-awaited minutes of the 17-18 March FOMC meeting told us. That Yellen & Co, themselves, aren't so sure of the when of the first federal funds rate lift-off in the current ...

2015: a lift year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
... Policy: Prospects and Perspectives". (http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/yellen20150327a.htm) "Like most of my FOMC colleagues, I believe that the appropriate time has not yet arrived, but I expect that conditions may warrant an increase ...

Another cut's in the mail?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... as the lower than expected 2.5% Australian fourth quarter real GDP growth and concerns over the upcoming 17-18 March Fed FOMC meeting added negative impetus to the domestic equity market's dashed rate cut hopes. However, while the Fed did, indeed, remove ...