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Chief economist update: Americans who want work will find it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... too. Only 73.6% chance, after the Fed already intimated on several occasions that it will and shall take the federal funds rate higher in the final month of December? Not only this, these odds were tabulated after the release of the US non-farm payrolls ...

Chief economist update: Bull markets don't die of old age

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... this meeting, participants generally anticipated that further gradual increases in the target range for the federal funds rate would most likely be consistent with a sustained economic expansion, strong labor market conditions, and inflation near 2 percent ...

Chief economist update: The Goldilocks rate of interest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
... roughly balanced, the FOMC believes that - for now - the best way forward is to keep gradually raising the federal funds rate." Then again there's still that big question mark over Trump's trade protectionism: "it is difficult to predict the ...

Chief economist update: Fed flattens the yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
... interest rates have trended lower in recent months even as the Federal Reserve has raised the level of the target federal funds rate by 150 basis points. This development contrasts with most experience, which suggests that, other things being equal ...

Moving on up to target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... from this source was widely expected and, by itself, would not justify a change in the projected path for the federal funds rate." One more time, this "by itself, would not justify a change in the projected path for the federal funds rate." While no ...

Chief economist update: Back to the shops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... confidence that inflation would return to 2% over the medium term, implied that the appropriate path for the federal funds rate over the next few years would likely be slightly steeper than they had previously expected." Repeat, "...slightly steeper ...

Chief economist update: Inflation is heading Fed's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... confidence that inflation would return to 2% over the medium term, implied that the appropriate path for the federal funds rate over the next few years would likely be slightly steeper than they had previously expected." The financial markets would have ...

Chief economist update: Dot tales

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
... Janet Yellen's caution come to mind: "As I have noted on previous occasions, participants' projections for the federal funds rate, including the median path, are not a fixed plan for future policy. Policy is not on a pre-set course. These forecasts represent ...

Chief economist update: Plotting the dots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... Janet Yellen, oft-repeatedly warned: "As I have noted on previous occasions, participants' projections for the federal funds rate, including the median path, are not a fixed plan for future policy. Policy is not on a pre-set course. These forecasts represent ...

Chief economist update: New Fed chief, same policy direction (but more transparent)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
... message is the same as to the direction of monetary policy: "In the FOMC's view, further gradual increases in the federal funds rate will best promote attainment of both of our objectives. As always, the path of monetary policy will depend on the economic ...

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