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Small not feeling beautiful

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... determinants of decisions to hire, to expand business operations and to order new inventory, all drivers of economic growth. Fed policy provides liquidity and depresses interest rates but provides no encouragement to owners to spend and produce some ...

Those who want a job can get a job

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
Fed action is data-dependent. These words have been etched into Fed policy statements for as long as I could remember. The data most relevant to the US central bank, of course, are those that directly reveal progress on its dual "statutory mandate" ...

US dollar downed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... warning that, further US dollar strength could have "significant consequences" on the US economic outlook. Message: US Fed policy normalisation on ice... not only next month but the whole of 2016. As per Bloomberg, "Futures traders expect the Fed's effective ...

Another Aussie jobs surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
Despite growing worries over China, commodity prices, Fed policy and the slow transition from resources to the non-mining sector of the economy, the Australian labour market remains resilient. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that ...

Buy-back boom driven by loose Fed policy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
The record $133 billion in buybacks for S&P companies announced in April are an economic distortion resulting from years of accommodative monetary policy and could be costing shareholders long-term performance, according to BlackRock's US-based chief ...

When?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... prices could be (and they're starting to recover or bottom at best) but with the divergence in expectations between Fed policy and the others, methinks the US dollar would stay stronger for longer. At least, until the greenback stays strong enough for ...

Watching you watching me watching you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
... depends on the trajectory of economic growth and inflation. But what we haven't heard explicitly stated before is that Fed policy depends on "how financial markets react" ( www.mninews.com even quoted Dudley saying that, "financial stability is going ...

Blame it on the boogie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... to the Senate Banking Committee was postponed. Deym, I won't get to hear Chairman Yellen repeat her reiteration of Fed policy. While rationally rationale, there remains a nagging question at the back of my balding head, how much of the recent US stats' ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... The gains suggested the market was reassured by Yellen's statement that she expects "a great deal of continuity" in Fed policy and would continue to slowly reel in its huge stimulus. In London, the benchmark FTSE 100 index ended the day up 1.23 per cent ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... said in a speech that "a small taper" of the $US85 billion-a-month asset-purchase program might be a possibility as Fed policy makers wrestle with how to respond to signs of improvement in the economy and jobs market. LONDON - European main stock markets ...