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BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... 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. But ...

Central Banks must unite

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... our central bank's lead - US equities were nonplussed. Hopes that the US Federal Reserve will lower interest rates at its FOMC meeting next week and news of another 'lender of last resort' intervention by the US central bank failed to revive market confidence. ...

Soup for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... pressures evident in the term funding markets both in the Unites States and abroad.' According to the Fed's website: 'The FOMC has authorised increases in all of the temporary swap facilities with other central banks. These larger facilities will now ...

Whac-a-mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... as long as the malaise in the US financial sector and its broader economy remain. US: The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, CPI inflation data, updates on the housing market and industrial production heads the long list of market moving releases ...

This Week's Movers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... prices, retail sales and consumer sentiment will be among the important factors in determining the outcome of next week's FOMC meeting. US headline producer prices are expected to rise by 10.2 per cent in the year to August following a 9.8 per cent increase ...

A$ backpedals

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
... tightening bias, have not helped the Australian dollar's caused either. The minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC) August meeting, released last night -- show that the Fed 'did not see the current stance of policy as particularly accommodative.' ...

Capex & Credit at the forefront

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 24 AUG 2008
... 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 reflected ...

Fed does an RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
... 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 slower ...

Central bank watch

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
... of 29,800. The unemployment rate is forecast to rise to 4.3 percent from 4.2 percent in June. US: The US Federal Reserve's FOMC is also scheduled to meet this week for its own monetary policy deliberations. The consensus is for the Fed to keep the federal ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
... index rose 7.68 points, or 0.58 per cent, to 1,321.97. Wall Street had widely expected the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to hold its base federal funds rate at 2.0 per cent after a vigorous cutting cycle since September to stimulate flagging growth ...