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Fed does the expected, will do as expected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... all there in the opening sentence of the October FOMC statement: "Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in September indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and that economic activity has been rising at ...

Two holds and a raise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... guaranteed BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda's continuity at the helm of the central bank. The Fed holds its Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on 31 October - 1 November. Although there are other fishes to fry - Trump tax cuts, Trump nomination ...

On the road to normal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
... testing" tit-for-tat, it'll be the Fed that will occupy financial market consciousness this week. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will start their two-day deliberations on monetary policy starting tonight while we sleep. Chances are they'll ...

Good to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
Lock it in, Eddie. Lock in another 25 basis point interest rate hike after the Fed's Federal Open Market Committee meets on 13-14 June. The odds of the Fed raising the fed funds rate from 0.75%-1.0% to 1.0%-1.25% next month have already risen to more ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... disappointing May employment report released in early June - and it was, "Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in April indicates that the pace of improvement in the labor market has slowed... although the unemployment rate ...

Yellen fedspeaks her mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... expected to remain low in the near term, in part because of the further declines in energy prices, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) expects that inflation will rise to its 2 percent objective over the medium term." Yup, same old story on robust ...

Confused and confounded

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... question asked AAII members (many of whom are either near or in retirement) what they thought about the Federal Open Market Committee's decision to keep interest rates unchanged. Nearly half of all respondents (46%) disagreed, and thought interest rates ...

Reading too much out of nothing at all

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... "modifiers". "The labour market continued to improve, with solid job gains and declining unemployment," the Federal Open Market Committee said in a statement Wednesday in Washington. It said that "underutilisation of labour resources has diminished," ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... futures contract was down four points at 5,581. US stocks moved into positive territory following the Federal Open Market Committee's decision to keep its benchmark fed funds rate in place. Locally on Thursday, the Reserve Bank releases its quarterly ...

May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... in easy/easing policy mode - would reignite the US dollar rocket that, in turn, would turn the US Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC) April statement that the first quarter economic slowdown is due to "transitory factors" a lie. But perhaps it's not. ...