Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 291 - 300 of 427 results for "FOMC"

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... (European Central Bank) meeting, non-farm payrolls (in the US), the constitutional court ruling in Germany next week, the FOMC (US Federal Reserve's policy making body the Federal Open Market Committee) meeting that investors, particularly large institutional ...

Limboland

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012

Fall on the Wall

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
... or quantitative easing, is warranted. So there! QE's come and gone! Then again, Mr. Bullard's not a voting member of the FOMC - he's not one of the twelve apostles that hold the fate of humankind on his right hand. Likewise, his no QE proposition is ...

Fed's about to go... or not?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... another hit of the QE. Or so at least that's how the bloggetariats interpreted the minutes of the Fed's 31 July-1 August FOMC meeting. One of the telling signs, it seems, is that 11 of the 12 apostles - the voting members - of the US Federal Reserve ...

Sitting and waiting and still hoping

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... a while now that I think, they've fallen asleep. Just you look how flat market movements have become. Although the Fed's FOMC meeting minutes are set for release this week, methinks financial markets would be more eager to see what's at the other side ...

Dull night on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
... where Big Ben could pre-announce the much-awaited launch of the QE3 - like he did QE2 two years ago. If not, maybe when the FOMC meets in mid-September. And if not, there's still October, November, December... Like I said, the suspense is killing, the ...

Going for gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012

Uncle Ben to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... worry about. Given the lag effects of monetary policy, chances are Uncle Ben would be announcing counter measures after the FOMC meeting to try and prevent the smelly stuff from hitting the fan.

Pop goes the QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
... the recovery will certainly need to be considered". Even vice chair Janet Yellen talked about it. "Scope remains for the FOMC to provide further policy accommodation. It may well be appropriate to insure against adverse shocks that could push the economy ...

All juiced up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... act" should the Eurozone's outlook worsens. And it wasn't only Signor Draghi beating the drum of stimulation last night, FOMC voting member and Fed Bank of Atlanta president Dennis Lockhard was at it too. "Should it become clear that something resembling ...