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The price is not right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
... away from talking about inflation for like the Fed, I, too, am in a daze. For "Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore"! Inflation is not responding to growth as it has in the history of economics. "Many participants observed, however ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
... manufacturing survey Consistent with the significant improvement in recent surveys in the US regions of Philadelphia, Richmond, Kansas City and New York, the Dallas Fed general business activity index surged to a reading of 10.2 in November from -1.5 ...

The Fed "live" in November

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... including, among others, Cleveland Federal Reserve president Loretta Mester, Richmond Federal Reserve president Jeffrey Lacker, Kansas City Federal Reserve president Esther George - warning that the US central bank's 1-2 November FOMC meeting is live. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... dissenting in both the March and April FOMC meetings - preferring the target rate be lifted from 0.5% to 0.75% instead, Kansas City Fed president Esther George voted with her colleagues at the June meeting. Revised projections show the Fed now expects ...

AMP Capital targets $2.8bn infrastructure raising

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
... infrastructure debt assets since 2001. AMP Capital has also recently acquired a US$27.7 million ($38.7 million) property in Kansas City which will be listed in its Global Direct Property Fund. The property is a 'multifamily' asset comprising 308 units ...

Hotel California

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
... central banks and then we go round and round "like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel..." Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore... we're stuck in Hotel California. "You can check out anytime you want, but you can never leave." "This could ...

Still in Goldilocks land

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... If it takes away a few bills from the US$85 billion monthly injection, that's still good enough for me. We may not be in Kansas anymore but we're still in Goldilocks land. The Fed is taking a little bit stimulation because it foresees a strengthening ...

Follow the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
"Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas any more...We must be over the rainbow!" -Dorothy (Wizard of Oz) And if not, we're surely on our way...and a pot of gold awaits (the metaphorical one of course, not the metal that's now in a bear market). Forget ...

Steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... aggressive policy, and it is making me a little bit nervous that we're over-committing to easy policy." There, too, is Kansas City Fed's Esther George warning that "a prolonged period of zero interest rates may substantially increase the risks of future ...

Boring same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... confidence, equals increased credit and spending, equals a better economy. And oh, there was also the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's monthly survey of manufacturing activity that found that manufacturing activity in the region remains solid. Yes ...