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I swear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
From this day forth, we'll all be trying to get inside that lady's head. Janet Yellen has just been sworn in as the new chief of that mightiest central bank in the world - the US Federal Reserve - but given the backdrop to her swearing in, Janet must ...

Another 10 bil to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... are flashing green would cost the Fed its credibility. Certainly Big Ben wouldn't want that as his finale. Neither would Janet as her intro. Cue in emerging markets doing a rendition of Boz Scaggs: "Outside the rain begins and it may never end... We're ...

In praise of the gloom and doomers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014

Reflation, rotation and the taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
... non-taper decision in September surprised markets, it also normalised prices back to where they were before the taper talks. Janet Yellen's declaration at her confirmation hearing that she considers the economy and the labour market still operating below ...

That evil word is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... 62.8% as at October (the lowest level since 1978). We know that and incoming Fed Chairman (has she been confirmed yet?) Janet Yellen told us so in her confirmation hearing not even a month ago. "We have made good progress, but we have farther to go to ...

Tony, SBY and Janet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... into employment, inflation and corporate profitability. Employment. The latest ECI reading confirmed what we heard from Janet Yellen at her confirmation hearing. "Unemployment is down from a peak of 10 percent, but at 7.3 percent in October, it is still ...

CB onslaught

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... headlines - cut, pasted and paraphrased into other headlines - do the digging for us. Not yet convinced that the Fed lady - Janet Yellen -- has sung the taper song (that there won't be any, at least this side of Xmas)? There's a gabfest of Fed speakers ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on international markets after Federal Reserve chief nominee Janet Yellen bolstered expectations of the Fed keeping the flow of easy money. At 0752 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index ...

QE according to Yellen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... Thanksgiving and a very merry Christmas, don't you think so Virginia? You, I and Irene have US Federal Reserve vice-chairman Janet Yellen to thank for these. The Dow and the S&P 500 indexes may have only advanced a bit - 0.3% and 0.5%, respectively - ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... Australian market looks set to open flat after international markets rose amid optimism prospective Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen will continue economic stimulus measures. At 0900 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was ...