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Lift then back to zero (even negative)?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... that the US economy is facing. But have no fear, future rate rises will be shallow or in the words of the October FOMC statement, "The Committee currently anticipates that, even after employment and inflation are near mandate-consistent levels, economic ...

Six point five is PM Li's new like

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... would." - 'El Condor Pasa' by Simon & Garfunkel After all the dissecting, de-constructing and probing of the October FOMC statement for missing/added words, phrases and sentences, financial markets came up with raised odds for a December lift-off from ...

December lift-off, yeah, sure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... S&P's gains - 0.7% both back then, 1.2% both last night. Yes again, Virginia, the parsing and dissecting of the FOMC statement has again led to interpretations that the Fed is wink, winking, nudge, nudging that it's gonna lift at their next meeting. ...

You can forget June

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... possibility." There was the same acknowledgement of economic weakness in the first quarter that we read about in the April FOMC statement and the same dismissal that this was due to "transitory factors" but with the addition that this could be due to ...

When?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... commence lift-off. It won't be in June - that's for sure. Or at least that's what a comparison of the wordings in the FOMC statement released overnight and the ones published after the 18 March meeting. It's more dovish. I'll let you compare the pair. ...

The real problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... night. That perplexing perverse performance the financial markets gave to the deletion of the word 'patient' in the FOMC statement has gotten less perverse while we slept - the VIX index rose, so did the US dollar and US bond yields; US equities and ...

'Patient' Party

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... we're not using the word 'patient' doesn't mean we're going to be impatient". Perhaps it's this sentence in the FOMC statement, "...an increase in the target range for the federal funds rate remains unlikely at the April FOMC meeting. Or this, "This ...

New masters of universe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... interest rates "sooner-rather-than-later" or later rather than sooner but at the end of the day - and as the September FOMC statement printed in black and white - "In determining how long to maintain the current 0 to 1/4 percent target range for the ...

Instant replay of the song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... (even I bit into it hook, line and sinker). Last night, we found out, it was about nothing. It's still there in the FOMC statement, nothing changed: "The Committee continues to anticipate... that it likely will be appropriate to maintain the current ...

'As expected' changing expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... the Nasdaq's up by 0.5% and the Russell 2000's up by 0.4%. So what gave? For what gave, we have to go back to the FOMC statement - and some small but salient tweaks the Fed made. Tweak, tweak: "The unemployment rate, though lower, remains elevated." ...