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Lift-off off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... are there's no chance that they'll be lifting rates when they meet again this month. As St. Louis Fed president James Bullard said two days ago, "It is very tough for the committee to make a big decision and then change it after only one meeting., Roughly ...

The man with the golden jawbone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... 7.4% between mid-September to mid-October 2014 - but that time it was Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis president James Bullard who played the knight in shining armour. As MarketWatch reported on 16 October 2014, "The Federal Reserve should consider extending ...

From the mouths of Feds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... increase in the target federal funds range likely will be warranted before the end of the year." St Louis Fed pres James Bullard in London: "Zero is no longer the appropriate interest rate for the U.S. economy." Wednesday, 25 March: Chicago Fed pres ...

Jawbone collection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... the spooks over world growth, world peace, world health and financial market volatility. St. Louis Fed president James Bullard started the liftoff with his "pause on taper at this juncture" or even extend the bond-buying program beyond October due to ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... up cheaper stocks following recent falls. Comments overnight from the Federal Reserve Bank's St Louis president Jamie Bullard suggesting that the US not scale back its asset purchase stimulus program at the end of this month have driven gains. IG market ...

QE forever and ever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... so the small teenie weenie bounce)? Nah, it wasn't that. It was what A St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard said around lunchtime that sent the S&P into positive territory... around lunchtime. "We have to make sure inflation and inflation ...

Seesaw on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... that we only have a mandate to concern ourselves with the interest of the United States"....and St. Louis Fed's James Bullard, "We're not going to make policy based on emerging-market volatility alone". I even warned back then that whatever the Fed decides ...

Independence Day for the US economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... Uncle Sam's country could now grow unaided. Uh-oh, looks like I owe Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard an apology - big time! He might be correct after all and I'll have to put the letters "W" and "R" to prefix my surname again. ...

US bond yields zipped by ZIRP?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... forecasts indicate that this would not be in the first quarter of next year as Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard declared in his interview with Fox Business News last week. At its June meeting, the Fed revised its outlook as follows ...

James knows when

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... Batman! The US Federal Reserve will begin to lift interest rates soon - that is, sooner than everyone in the planet expects. Bullard of bull (dropping?). Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said so in his interview with Fox Business ...