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Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... gains of 1.3 per cent followed a strong session on Wall Street overnight, as the US central bank's Federal Open Market Committee said the labour market needed to improve before it raised the federal funds rate. The Australian dollar also roser against ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... futures contract was up 27 points at 5,880. In its post-meeting statement, the US central bank's Federal Open Market Committee said the labour market needed to improve before it raised the federal funds rate. In local economic news on Thursday, the Reserve ...

Patience, my dear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
"Ooh love me, please, just a little bit longer Together we can make it..." - Yvonne Elliman Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. Speculations leading up to this, and interpretations, dissections - and more speculations - of the US Federal Reserve's ...

Mind over matter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... last year ahead of the Fed's final taper decision that was confirmed and announced following the Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC) 28-29 October meeting. Perhaps, markets are on hold while awaiting the next big thing coming our way tomorrow and ...

It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... statement." Will she, won't she? Would Aunt Janet drop the "patient" phrase in March, and then two Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings thereafter - April then June - lift-off here we come. She told us so. But before this, we'll get a glimpse ...

A Fed surprise?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... other central banks' surprises of the past two weeks and spring her own at the conclusion of the US Federal Open Market Committee meeting (FOMC) tomorrow? If she does, then baby, that indeed would be a big surprise. Currently, majority of bets are for ...

Bullish sentiment at 4-year high, expect zero return in six months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
So far so good. The men and women of the US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) must be giving each other high fives (and down lows) at their success. In spite of the daily ups and downs, it appears to they've been able to wean Wall Street off of QE ...

QEnd is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... (BOJ) anticipated to print some more. The Fed killed QE because "Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in September suggests that economic activity is expanding at a moderate pace. Labor market conditions improved somewhat ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... 17,005.75, its first close above 17,000 since early October. Investors are awaiting the US central bank's Federal Open Market Committee's decision on interest rates and an announcement on when it will end of its tapering of asset purchases.

Unexpected impact of tech on US monetary policy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... impact on employment, economic growth and inflation is playing into the hands of Janet Yellen and her Federal Open Market Committee. Gerardo Rodriguez, senior investment strategist in BlackRock's emerging markets team said that China and other developing ...