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Central Banks fail to disappoint

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
... the ECB, the BOJ and the BOE all kept monetary policy unchanged at their latest meetings, as expected. The US Federal Reserve lifted the fed funds rate from 0.75% -1.0% to 1.0% - 1.25%, as expected; maintained its outlook for three interest rate hikes ...

Fed trumps Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... Trump (the one that sparked a self-off around the middle of the 15-20 May trading week). It appears that the US Federal Reserve has taken back the economic agenda from Trump. While financial markets already know the gist of the 2-3 May FOMC meeting from ...

Rising yields benefit active managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
... enhance portfolio returns and protect their capital in ways not typically available to passive managers. The US Federal Reserve lifted interest rates twice in just three months to 1%, and hinted two more increases in 2017 and another three in 2018. In ...

Confident with a capital C

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
... promised reflationary policies - mainly tax cuts and fiscal spending on infrastructure (and the Wall?) -- and the US Federal Reserve's 'go slow' approach towards policy normalisation. But just as the rise in global business expectations (see yesterday's ...

One Direction and the BOE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... English-Irish pop music boy band -- and there's the Bank of England (BOE). Like the big event of March - the US Federal Reserve lifted the fed funds rate by 25 basis points to 0.75% - 1.0% at its 15-16 March FOMC meeting - the BOE did what markets expected ...

No other way but up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... a one. Unless something surprisingly dramatic occurs between now and the ides of March (15th of March), the US Federal Reserve is sure to announce its first interest rate hike this year and the third in the current cycle. Friday night's much stronger ...

Steady as she grows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... the RBA has any reason to alter policy settings up or down. More so, given widespread expectations that the US Federal Reserve would raise the fed funds rate after it concludes its 15-16 March FOMC meeting. The RBA would welcome such development as a ...

First of three (or more) coming next week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... the equity market's positive reaction to them have increased the odds (89% according to CME Group) that the US Federal Reserve would raise the fed funds rate by another 25 basis points when the FOMC concludes its two-day meeting on the 15th of March. ...

Wednesday delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
... details (which would then be approved or denied or scaled down by Congress), the longer the uncertainty. Even the US Federal Reserve acknowledged this. While stating that "many participants" think that the fed funds rate should be increased "fairly soon" ...

A rate rise on the ides of March?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
... and the 13th day of the other months of the year. Ides of March 2017 corresponds with the conclusion of the US Federal Reserve's two-day meeting (14-15 March) - the day when financial markets expect the Fed to give interest rates another gentle lift. ...