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Chief economist update: Fed funds at five point O

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
... US Treasuries (yield curve inversion) that was later on followed by the Great Recession. This is one of the reasons why Atlanta Fed president Raphael Bostic and some of his colleagues are advising the Fed to "slow the pace of interest rate hikes".

Private equity manager secures insto mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
... accommodation, catering to both Australian and US universities. In November 2016 the firm announced a joint venture with Atlanta-based Student Quarters for a 5000-bed housing investment in the US.

US at full employment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... extra 19K employed in October and November) and the unemployment rate inching up to 4.7% from 4.6%. However, I agree with Atlanta Fed president Dennis Lockhart's comments that, "The job of cyclical recovery is largely done". This is because the details ...

Blue Sky exits pet food supplier

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2017
... exit of Hatchtech, a head lice treatment company, for around $270 million. The news follows Blue Sky's joint venture with Atlanta-based Student Quarters, a specialist student accommodation manager focused on properties in the US near universities with ...

Blue Sky partners for major US project

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
... Investments has entered into a joint venture for a 5,000-bed student accommodation investment. Student Quarters, based in Atlanta, is a specialist student accommodation manager focused on properties in the US near universities with high levels of enrolment. ...

Industry buoyed by Trans-Pacific Partnership

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement finalised in Atlanta this week will provide a platform for multilateral trade with major economies in the Pacific Rim, creating new opportunities for Australian financial services companies. The TTP Agreement ...

September -- morn or mourn?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... Wednesday, up from just 38 percent just two days earlier. What's fueled the change of heart? Hawkish comments from Fed Bank of Atlanta President Dennis Lockhart on Tuesday, and a surprisingly strong report on U.S. service-sector growth Wednesday morning". ...

From the mouths of Feds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... improving economy over the next two years... Even with some normalization, policy will remain exceptionally accommodative." Atlanta Fed pres Dennis Lockhart in Georgia: "I think liftoff in one of the meetings starting in June through September represents ...

It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... mid-year or not. If it doesn't, then liquidity support for the markets and the economy remains. If it does, in the words of Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Dennis Lockhart, it "should be a signal that the FOMC is confident the economy is on track ...

Oil price shock, nice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
... economy. What happened then? What happened is escalating oil prices cured escalating oil prices. The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's paper on the "Oil Shock of 1978-79" concludes that: "Eventually, slowing economic activity in industrial countries ...