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Read the data not the Fed's lips

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
... spending and growth - and what that implies for monetary policy. Kill me now! That's what I would say if I were the Fed chairman and my course of action is hugely dependent on data that disappoints expectations one month and better them the next. By ...

Mind over matter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... while awaiting the next big thing coming our way tomorrow and the day after tomorrow - and her name is Janet. The Fed Chairman will be testifying on monetary policy before the Senate Banking Committee those days. Shouldn't markets be fretting about any ...

Un-taper re-reflate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... policy "is not a panacea". Testifying before the Joint Economic Committee of the US Congress on 4 October 2011, then Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke declared that, "Monetary policy can be a powerful tool, but it is not a panacea for the problems currently ...

You say threshold, I say trigger

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... creation and many other indicators of labor market performance." She may be keeping policy steady as she goes, but Fed Chairman Yellen had to swerve on forward guidance. Go back to January's FOMC statement (Bennie's last and which I'm sure she signed ...

That evil word is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... from around 66% back in 2007 to just 62.8% as at October (the lowest level since 1978). We know that and incoming Fed Chairman (has she been confirmed yet?) Janet Yellen told us so in her confirmation hearing not even a month ago. "We have made good ...

QE according to Yellen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... Committee...but those small gains brought these benchmarks to new record highs. And why the heck not? Unlike the outgoing Fed Chairman - our friend Ben -- who has been continually telling us to look to the data (since late May) for clues on the when ...

Rational exuberance?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... You got it, there was none of that "irrational exuberance" foreboding he's famously quoted for - and did nothing as Fed chairman -- back in December 1996. "I'm a shooting star leaping through the skies Like a tiger defying the laws of gravity..." (Queen) ...

Unthinkable

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
... surprise. Not exactly the ideal deal outcome but 'twas good enough for Wall Street. Good because it would allow incoming Fed chairman Janet Yellen time to warm her seat before again contemplating the when and the how much of tapering. But this is if ...

Central banks rule

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
... serendipitous is it, 'ey? It's Ben all around. This little Ben quotes soul singer and composer singer Ben to explain Fed chairman Ben Bernanke's influence on financial markets. The US government is officially closed for business. Not good for the butcher ...

Most EM currencies bounce back

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
... its economic stimulus confirms how far these markets have matured since the GFC. In May through June this year US Fed chairman Ben Bernanke issued repeated none-to-veiled signals that the Fed was about to start tapering down its government bond buying ...