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C is the key

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
It's 21 days before the US Federal Reserve proclaims to the world that the fed funds rate is 25 basis points higher to 1.5%. Gauging from the CME FedWatch Tool, this is 91.5% certain. I don't think anybody can quibble with this. But one striking point ...

Fed does the expected, will do as expected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
It was the event that wasn't. This event, of course, is the US Federal Reserve's 31 October - 1 November FOMC meeting. The Fed's forward guidance is the same as it was in the 20 September FOMC statement when it announced that it would initiate its balance ...

Beige Book report delivers known knowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... it was up there with major indicators like employment and inflation that spark major market movements. The US Federal Reserve's description of the "Beige Book" explains why it is so: "Each Federal Reserve Bank gathers anecdotal information on current ...

Former NZ Prime Minister joins bank board

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
... was the head of global foreign exchange for Merrill Lynch and a member of the Foreign Exchange Committee of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Earlier this year, he received a Companion of the Order of Australia for advancing the Australia-New Zealand ...

Global fund manager names new investment lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... tools. Prior to joining the firm, she was a principal at Mercer Investment Consulting, and before that, at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

As clear as it gets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
... Meeting of the National Association for Business Economics in Cleveland, Ohio proved why she's chair of the US Federal Reserve. Discussing "Inflation, Uncertainty, and Monetary Policy" she brought all these differing Fed officials' opinions together. ...

Transparency to the max

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... caused by the hurricanes; elections in New Zealand and Germany; and of course the policy meetings held by the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan. There appears to be no fear in the financial markets these days. Heck, the VIX index even closed lower ...

The BOJ's educated hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
They were just hours apart but the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan's monetary policy decisions were as wide as their geographic locations, perhaps wider. While both central banks kept existing policies unchanged at their September meetings ...

Fed does the thinkable

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
Well that was a bit of an anti-climax, wasn't it? The much-awaited US Federal Reserve's 19-20 September FOMC meeting produced little, if any, surprises. Interest rates were kept on hold this month but will be lifted by another 25 basis points to 1.5% ...

Currency trend is not our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... account deficit, and an improving Australian economy." Not to mention, easing expectations over the pace of the US Federal Reserve's policy normalisation which as a result, caused an improvement in the Australia-US differential. To be sure, the rationales ...