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Janet puts it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... There was no more of the "you know, possibly 6 months after..." in Aunt Janet's retort... she's now learned how to speak Fedspeak. "...there is no mechanical formula or timetable for when that will occur. We'll only be taking that step when we have judged ...

Confusing versus credible

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... on BOE credibility? This makes me wonder if Alan 'the maestro' Greenspan's meme over central bank communication (aka " Fedspeak ") was better all along. According to 'the maestro', he Fedspoke deliberately -- it's a "purposeful obfuscation to avoid certain ...

Unwind for Xmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... saying - with one hand he argued for a taper soon and then argued against it with the other. He must have contracted the Fedspeak disease by getting too close with the Fed. You can read Jon's piece on http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2013/12/06/hilsenraths-five-takeaways-on-what-the-jobs-report-means-for-the-fed/ ...

Feds speak Fedspeak yet again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013

Peace, be still

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... the May level revised up to 5.6% (from 5.5%). So where to from here, my lovely? My lovely, methinks we've returned to Fedspeak with Bernanke speaking in tongues. Remember this quote attributed to 'the Maestro' Alan Greenspan, "I know you believe you ...

Still in Goldilocks land

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... back/reduce policy stimulus. On Wednesday, all will be revealed. I hope, wish and pray that, this time, uncle Ben ditch the Fedspeak so as not to leave anything to the vivid imaginations of bloggerattis and financial 'experts' alike. Just look at the ...

The day the music died

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... the perfect excuse for Newton's law to fall (pun intended) on the Nikkei's head. There were those "interpretations" of Fedspeak of QE rollback "in the next few meetings". There's the yen rebound and lower-than-expected China manufacturing PMI - not good ...

Fed speaks Fedspeak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
Old habits die hard it seems. Didn't US Federal Reserve Big Ben Bernanke already change the definition of Fedspeak to mean clarity of Fed communication of the Fed's intention on monetary policy a long time ago? The original meaning (according to Wikipedia) ...

Yuan to float free, in our dreams

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013

Can't lose

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... rises above 2.5%. These are the signposts markets should be watching. So why, oh why do speculators still speculate on Fedspeak? It's a 'can't lose market,' don't you think? Economic growth becomes sustainable...good for the market. Economic growth weakens ...