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Obamacare one, Trump nil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... the lowest in seven weeks - 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 ...

No other way but up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... generally better global growth suggest that the US economy would see continued upward momentum and hence further Fed rate hikes. But continued growth and higher interest rates would, at the same time, put upward pressure on the US dollar. A strong US ...

The Fed lady and the Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
... have to go back and back, and it just doesn't work, folks". Yes folks, it wouldn't work. Factoring in another four Fed rate hikes next year would just put greater upward pressure on the US dollar against not only the yuan but also the euro, the yen ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... 545K recorded in February last year. This indicates that either new home buyers are front-running the anticipated Fed rate hikes or that they are more positive about their lot. The stronger than expected retail sales and consumer confidence reports released ...

Lesson in expectations management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... yesterday's news. It's now another day and speculations would slowly trickle over how "gradual" the pace of subsequent US Fed rate hikes would be over the course of the following year and thereafter. Still, I cannot help but be amazed at how deftly Fed ...

Quicker and faster hikes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... 10bps, respectively - spooked by the implication of what Janet Yellen said.... and that is, earlier and faster Fed rate hikes. While the FOMC statement offered few surprises - asset purchases reduced by a further US$10 bil; changing from a quantitative-based ...

Emerging markets enter hibernation

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2006
... lower end of their average over the past five years, forecast corporate earnings growth of more than 15 per cent, Fed rate hikes coming to an end and no real deterioration to the strong fundamentals in most emerging market economies, there was apparently ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2006
... as was the Fed's favoured measure of inflation - the core PCE deflator. The report revived hopes of a pause in Fed rate hikes particularly given market expectations for a moderation in the economy's expansion in the second quarter as US consumer spending ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2006
... the Fed's favoured measure of inflation - the core PCE deflator. This report should revive hopes of a pause in Fed rate hikes particularly given market expectations for a moderation in the economy's expansion in the second quarter as US consumer spending ...

Market wrap

... boosted optimism on the recovery of the US economy. But the result also reduced fears of an aggressive series of Fed rate hikes as analysts had expected the data to reveal a faster pace of expansion. At the close on Wall Street,, the S&P-500 index settled ...
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