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Minutes to disaster

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
... foundations. Prepare and don't be alarmed. What's an itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny 25 bps anyway? It's bupkis! That's if the US economy is truly re-gaining momentum - which, on balance it appears to be - but more importantly, if it doesn't create a "butterfly ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... should not unduly influence recent hawkish Fedspeaks but it also provides the latest indication of activity in the US economy and, it isn't so nice. The Philly Fed index posted a minus 1.8 reading in May - even lower than the low end of market expecations ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... which the ABS explained as "largely driven by the carbon tax repeal". US durable goods orders More indications that the US economy may be losing momentum - or that the positive impact of a weaker US dollar still has to feed through into the factory sector ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... 95.1 in April from 99.1 in March and 101.3 in February. US CPI inflation Back to back disappointing releases on the US economy is likely to push back Fed rate hike expectations. Following yesterday's less than expected in retail spending - down by 0.3% ...

US growth stable due to resilient consumer-base

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
Growth in the US economy will remain stable at 2% due to resilient consumption and parity between labour costs and productivity, according to Principal Global Investors chief global economist Bob Baur. Speaking at the 2016 Financial Standard Chief Economists ...

Those who want a job can get a job

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... (including mine) that the weak global economy coupled with the US dollar strength is coming back/has come back to bite the US economy's behind. Looked at in isolation, continued US labour market strength justifies the Fed's lift-off decision back in ...

Who spooked the greenback?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... the Fed would continue to raise interest rates this year. But US dollar strength is starting to negatively impact the US economy as evidenced by the latest ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing surveys, durable goods orders, and just last night, the ...

China's January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
... and most other commodities; and, anxiety over the trajectory of the Fed's interest rate policy and its impact on the US economy and emerging markets. In a way, all these are just a continuation of the same issues that concerned investors in 2015 (more ...

Lesson in expectations management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... decision to take the fed funds rate off virtual zero conveyed to one and all its confidence over the outlook for the US economy ("...the economy is performing well and is expected to so, says Yellen). But doesn't the ECB's decision to announce less-er ...

The Fed's done it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
... 14.8% to a reading of 17.86 now that lift-off uncertainty has been removed. What remains uncertain though is how the US economy would react to higher interest rates - the Fed's dot plot shows the FOMC expects the fed funds rate to be 1.375% by the end ...