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US Fed cleared for lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
... coming. As fate or coincidence would have it, 16 December marks the beginning and now the coming end of the US Federal Reserve's near zero interest rate policy - precisely seven years. Reports put the odds of a lift-off rising to 80%. But after the strong ...

Christmas in October

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
... October. But before this, we get to hear and read and parse and dissect the words of Janet Yellen after the US Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets on 27-28 October. While no one(not even a mouse) expects the Fed to stir this month, it ...

Future Fund issues return warning

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... markets during the quarter. The global impact of US monetary policy has been a source of volatility as the US Federal Reserve inches closer to starting to raise its interest rates off the zero bound. Adding to the uncertainty over the quarter was a series ...

FEATURE: Investing in a world on hold

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
The US Federal Reserve's decision to postpone the rate rise is keeping the world on hold. With volatility set to increase ahead of the rate hike, Laura Millan looks at the global investment opportunities. Just when everyone thought it would happen ...

Lift-off off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... and are likely to put further downward pressure on inflation in the near term." These were the words in the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy statement of September used to justify the US central bank's decision not to lift interest rates last month ...

Nikko downgrades equities stance

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... earnings and share prices in the United States. The committee has also pushed back its forecasted timing of the US Federal Reserve's credit tightening to October from September. The manager was more positive in its assessment of the Australian equity ...

CIO says low bond market rates to continue

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... than market participants thought at the beginning of 2015. Leech said the normalising of interest rates by the US Federal Reserve will proceed but it is going to be a long and slow process. "The Fed is trying to change the communication focus from the ...

Fed will lift later this year if...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
Too bad for Wall Street, the closing bell has already rung even before US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen uttered her first word on "Inflation Dynamics and Monetary Policy" at the At the Philip Gamble Memorial Lecture, University of Massachusetts ...

Speculation springs eternal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... to treat us - or prolong our agony, depending on which side of the fence one sits - to more of the same. The US Federal Reserve decided to do nothing and leave interest rates where they were since 16 December 2008, at 0-0.25%. It's you, not me. Not America ...

Gloom and doom news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... 2011 - when fear was elevated - that prompted coordinated action by six of the world's biggest central banks - US Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Bank of Japan, Bank of England, Bank of Canada, Swiss National Bank. The only problem I have is ...