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No surprise in surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... in a few days what the Fed thinks of all these? Is the current financial market downdraft unsettling enough to prompt the FOMC into QE action or would they see these surprises as hardly surprising and the recovery is proceeding just as everybody expected ...

Dickens on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... the financial markets find it hard to decide which way to jump. But have no fear the Fed is here. The US Federal Reserve 's FOMC meeting - and Big Benny's subsequent press conference - scheduled for this week should provide markets with the much-needed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... notably higher than the consensus prediction of a 5,000 rise. Cautious commentary from US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) vice-chairman William Dudley overnight had also boosted markets, Mr Waterer said. "Following the comments from Fed representatives ...

No QE, not bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
... buy-op. If the only reason Wall Street sold off was the Fed minutes, I'll buy what you're selling. For what the 13 March 2012 FOMC meeting minutes really said was that the Fed would only provide more stimulus - QE3 - if the economy lost momentum or if ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... S&P500 ended up 0.36 per cent and the NASDAQ finished 0.60 per cent firmer. Meanwhile, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets in the United States on Tuesday. Market watchers believe the recent uplift in the US economy will be enough to stop ...

All Greeced out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
... market reacted very quickly to that, and it influenced the euro and this flowed on to the Australian dollar. "We also had the FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) rates decision this morning, noting that the US economy had improved slightly, but that ...

Wagging the dog

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
... Refrains From Additional Stimulus" was its headline. Talk of wagging the dog! Instead of talking about liquidity, I think the FOMC met for a long liquid lunch of their own -- because if you read last night's press release, it was not significantly different ...

Machines of loving grace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... Reserve last night - much ado about nada. No change in the fed funds rate. They did promise to keep this on ice until 2013 two FOMC meetings prior. "The Committee also decided to keep the target range for the federal funds rate at 0 to 1/4 percent and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... quarter. The Fed "is prepared to employ its tools to promote a stronger economic recovery in a context of price stability," the FOMC said in a statement. Sentiment also was aided by better-than-expected private-sector job creation last month reported ...