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Fed does the expected, will do as expected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
It was the event that wasn't. This event, of course, is the US Federal Reserve's 31 October - 1 November FOMC meeting. The Fed's forward guidance is the same as it was in the 20 September FOMC statement when it announced that it would initiate its balance ...

Beige Book report delivers known knowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... it was up there with major indicators like employment and inflation that spark major market movements. The US Federal Reserve's description of the "Beige Book" explains why it is so: "Each Federal Reserve Bank gathers anecdotal information on current ...

As clear as it gets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
... Meeting of the National Association for Business Economics in Cleveland, Ohio proved why she's chair of the US Federal Reserve. Discussing "Inflation, Uncertainty, and Monetary Policy" she brought all these differing Fed officials' opinions together. ...

Transparency to the max

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... caused by the hurricanes; elections in New Zealand and Germany; and of course the policy meetings held by the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan. There appears to be no fear in the financial markets these days. Heck, the VIX index even closed lower ...

The BOJ's educated hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
They were just hours apart but the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan's monetary policy decisions were as wide as their geographic locations, perhaps wider. While both central banks kept existing policies unchanged at their September meetings ...

Fed does the thinkable

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
Well that was a bit of an anti-climax, wasn't it? The much-awaited US Federal Reserve's 19-20 September FOMC meeting produced little, if any, surprises. Interest rates were kept on hold this month but will be lifted by another 25 basis points to 1.5% ...

Currency trend is not our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... account deficit, and an improving Australian economy." Not to mention, easing expectations over the pace of the US Federal Reserve's policy normalisation which as a result, caused an improvement in the Australia-US differential. To be sure, the rationales ...

Low inflation exporter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... products were flooding the rest of the world (they still are). It was so prevalent that in January 2004, the US Federal Reserve Board published the results of its study entitled, "Is China "Exporting Deflation""? The paper found that China is not. This ...

The Fed's inflation and asset price conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen revealed her thoughts on inflation, inflation expectations and asset valuations when she spoke before the British Academy 'President's Lecture' in London last night. Yellen reiterated the message from the 14 June ...

Eurozone gaining momentum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
The US Federal Reserve took another step towards policy normalisation at its June FOMC meeting - announcing another 25 basis point lift in the fed funds rate from one to 1.25% (the second this year) while at the same time giving notice that it would ...