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Seesaw Margery Daw

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
... - equities sold off? In a unanimous decision, the US Federal Reserve's policy-making board, the Federal Open Markets Committee, voted to lower the fed funds target by 50 basis points to 1.0 per cent. At the same time, the US central bank reduced the ...

Daily funnies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... "Please sir, I want some more." And they shall have it. The US Federal Reserve started its two-day Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) meeting last night. By this time tomorrow, markets expect news that it has cut interest rates by 50 or 75 basis points. ...

Capex & Credit at the forefront

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 24 AUG 2008
... housing market, durable goods orders, the personal consumption deflator and minutes from 5 August Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) meeting. Expectations are for some improvement in these indicators but inflation would remain high. These should be ...

Fed does an RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
... not disappoint market expectations either but its statement is more hawkish. In a 10-1 vote, the Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) kept interest rates steady at 2 percent. However, the FOMC sees the risks of higher inflation exceeding the risk of ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2006
... for interest rates. In the US, markets are also on hold as they await the US Federal Reserve's Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) meeting tomorrow night. The FOMC is widely expected to increase interest rates by 25 basis points to 5 per cent. Financial ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks up, bonds lower

... short-term interest rates steady and hinted they could be held low for 'a considerable period'. The Federal Open Markets Committee said in a statement US spending growth was firming, but there was still a small risk of an unwelcome further fall in inflation. ...
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