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Inflated attention on September US CPI inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... unchanged at 1.4% over the same periods. The Fed considers low inflation readings transitory and unlikely to persist. Chair Janet Yellen emphasised this once more in her speech at the Group of 30 International Banking Seminar, Washington last night ...

No more slack?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force." Recall that Fed chair Janet Yellen used this stat to explain the slack in the labour market and therefore, slow wages growth in America. Slack no more? ...

Transparency to the max

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... July, these are the lowest readings on Factset's record (1990). There were a number of occasions in the past when Fed Chair Janet Yellen cautioned that these ultra-low readings (the VIX index's long-term average is around 20) could imply investor complacence. ...

Low-flation becoming less transitory?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
... been below the Fed's 2% target - after peaking at 2.3% in January this year. These once again raise doubts over Fed Chair Janet Yellen's claim the weakness in inflation is transitory. More so given the strength in the US labour market, underscored by ...

Dovish Fed, hawkish BOC

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
Janet's in the house. US Fed Chair Janet Yellen's much-awaited testimony did not differ greatly from what was already divulged in the FOMC statement released on 14 June - when the Fed raised the fed funds rate by 25 basis points to 1%-1.25%. In her ...

Low inflation exporter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... keeping inflation low in the US and the Eurozone, among others. We'll soon find out what the Fed makes of all these when Chair Janet Yellen testifies before Senate Banking Committee this Wednesday and before the House Financial Services Committee the ...

The Fed's inflation and asset price conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen revealed her thoughts on inflation, inflation expectations and asset valuations when she spoke before the British Academy 'President's Lecture' in London last night. Yellen reiterated the message from the 14 June ...

Obamacare one, Trump nil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... from the week prior and down 3.5% from this year's high of 103.21. Reduced number of Fed rate hikes? Good thing Fed chair Janet Yellen was ahead of the game. In her press conference following the FOMC's decision to raise the fed funds rate by 25 bps ...

First of three (or more) coming next week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... the fed funds rate by another 25 basis points when the FOMC concludes its two-day meeting on the 15th of March. Fed Chair Janet Yellen hinted as much when she testified before the Senate Banking Committee (14 Feb) and the House Financial Services Committee ...

A rate rise on the ides of March?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
... markets expect the Fed to give interest rates another gentle lift. Rate hike speculations gathered momentum after Fed Chair Janet Yellen testified before the Senate Banking Committee (14 Feb) and the House Financial Services Committee (15 Feb). In her ...