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The real problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... last night. That perplexing perverse performance the financial markets gave to the deletion of the word 'patient' in the FOMC statement has gotten less perverse while we slept - the VIX index rose, so did the US dollar and US bond yields; US equities ...

'Patient' Party

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... certainly no panic, anxiety was clearly discernible in the financial markets' performance leading up to the Fed's 17-18 March FOMC meeting as speculation heated on whether or not the word "patient" would be deleted. The deletion of which is the Fed's ...

Patience, my dear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... "Ooh love me, please, just a little bit longer Together we can make it..." - Yvonne Elliman Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. Speculations leading up to this, and interpretations, dissections - and more speculations - of the US Federal Reserve's ...

Say when

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... learnt the art of Fedspeak. Yes. "...since the July 2014 Monetary Policy Report, there has been important progress toward the FOMC's objective of maximum employment." No. "However, despite this improvement, too many Americans remain unemployed or underemployed ...

Mind over matter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... year ahead of the Fed's final taper decision that was confirmed and announced following the Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC) 28-29 October meeting. Perhaps, markets are on hold while awaiting the next big thing coming our way tomorrow and the day ...

BOJ optimistic as forever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... - less than expectations for a 0.6% gain and definitely far below the BOJ's 2% target. Spoiler alert. The minutes of the FOMC's 27-28 January meeting could again railroad the BOJ's economic outlook with the yen/US$ rising by to A¥118.71 from A¥119.25 ...

It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... statement." Will she, won't she? Would Aunt Janet drop the "patient" phrase in March, and then two Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings thereafter - April then June - lift-off here we come. She told us so. But before this, we'll get a glimpse ...

Deflation is the Darth Vader of the economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... delivering no surprises) dropped in the last hour of trade. The S&P 500 index closed 1.4% down and the Dow came off by 1.1%. The FOMC maintained that "Based on its current assessment, the Committee judges that it can be patient in beginning to normalize ...

A Fed surprise?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... banks' surprises of the past two weeks and spring her own at the conclusion of the US Federal Open Market Committee meeting (FOMC) tomorrow? If she does, then baby, that indeed would be a big surprise. Currently, majority of bets are for a rates lift-off ...

Bad tidings for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... for a trifecta. Speculations are building that the US Federal Reserve could drop its "considerable time" phrase when the FOMC meets next week (16-17 December) on the back of the strengthening momentum in the US economy. More indications of which came ...