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Powell power

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... rise much further to get to a neutral policy stance. If the neutral level rises somewhat over time, as most FOMC participants expect, additional gradual rate hikes would likely be appropriate over the next few years to sustain the economic expansion." ...

Yellen speaks Fedspeak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
... predicted four interest rate hikes for this year. These words were in the March 2016 FOMC Statement when the FOMC participants halved their rate hike expectations from four to two. Will there be a rate hike in September? in November? in December? "Of ...

Read the data not the Fed's lips

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
... (https://www.brookings.edu/blog/ben-bernanke/2016/08/08/the-feds-shifting-perspective-on-the-economy-and-its-implications-for-monetary-policy/) showed how FOMC participants' longer-term outlook "potential output growth, the natural unemployment rate ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... were halved to just two last March. Although this remains the Fed consensus at the June meeting, "Figure 2. FOMC participants' assessments of appropriate monetary policy: Midpoint of target range or target level for the federal funds rate" in the Fed's ...

No more tears?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
... elucidated by Chair Janet in her speech at the Economic Club of New York on the 29th of March: "...the median of FOMC participants' projections for the federal funds rate is now only 0.9 percent for the end of 2016 and 1.9 percent for the end of 2017 ...

Comparative advantage

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... after its 16-17 September meeting. Perhaps not Ms. Lagarde, for Madam Janet clarified a week later that, "Most FOMC participants, including myself, currently anticipate that achieving these conditions will likely entail an initial increase in the federal ...

Confused and confounded

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... with the Fed, citing sluggish U.S. or global economic growth." But then Janet spoke last week saying, "Most FOMC participants, including myself, currently anticipate that achieving these conditions will likely entail an initial increase in the federal ...

Fed will lift later this year if...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... to complete the return to maximum employment and long-run inflation expectations remain well anchored. Most FOMC participants, including myself, currently anticipate that achieving these conditions will likely entail an initial increase in the federal ...

Flatline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... rising US dollar which, in turn, is a function of speculation of the Fed's dot plot - the recent one that showed FOMC participants' median fed funds rate higher this month than in June. This, in turn, is reducing the appeal of Australian banks. The S&P/ASX ...

Instant replay of the song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... lower to close up a mere 0.1%. Why oh why? It's them dots on the charts again... that's why. The dots show that FOMC participants' median fed funds rate higher this month than in June - 1.375% versus June's 1.125% at the end of next year; 2.875% versus ...