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Waiting to see

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... closed 0.3 per cent lower. Wall Street's performance overnight - coming at a time when the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced its monetary policy decision and the Census Bureau reporting new home sales collapse to the their lowest level on ...

Contagion has already happened

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
... repeated that money will remain cheap/free for an "extended period." After its April meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) said in a statement that, " Economic conditions, including low rates of resource utilisation, subdued inflation trends ...

Seek and thou shalt find

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
... thing. But there's one simple explanation for the market's reticence last night. It's waiting for the Federal Reserve. The FOMC meets tomorrow to discuss monetary policy. The market seeks confirmation that cheap money remains available for an "extended" ...

Strong one, says yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
The minutes of the US Federal Reserve's 16 March meeting spelled the reasons for the FOMC's decision to keep the fed funds rate unchanged at 0-0.25 per cent. "While recent data pointed to a noticeable pickup in the pace of consumer spending during the ...

Land of the free money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... been slowly - but surely - nibbling away at the ceiling. No one was surprised that the Fed's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) kept interest rates where they were since December 2008 - at the 0 - 0.25 per cent range. Financial markets were more focused ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
... investors were cautious ahead of the Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on Tuesday, analysts said. The FOMC is widely expected to hold the benchmark interest rate at near-zero, but the market will pore over the policymakers' statement ...

Positive spin to bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
... night. Perhaps we could also use his soothing words for the market's good cheer. Ben Bernanke told the US Congress that, "The FOMC continues to anticipate that economic conditions -- including low rates of resource utilization, subdued inflation trends ...

Baby steps

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
... economy or for monetary policy, which remains about as it was at the January meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)." Reports told of stock futures and bond markets falling after the announcement. Bond markets sure. That's why the almost ...

Good news day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... increased but buyer traffic was unchanged. Wrap these all up with the relatively positive tone of the minutes of the Fed FOMC meeting last month and you can't help but have a smile on your face. And have I told you about Deere and Whole Foods Market ...

Gold's dimming lustre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... rise soon, starting when the Fed begins to unwind its quantitative easing. At its January Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) meeting, the Fed confirmed that it would be closing some of its emergency lending programs and its dollar swap arrangements ...