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When?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... 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. Here's the 19 March 2015 Statement (http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/monetary/20150318a.htm) ...

The first is always the best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... lift-off in the current cycle. Then again, even if Y&C have given a tick of approval for a June strike at their March meeting, the latest US jobs figures - delivered after they've concluded their tete-a-tete - might give them pause for a re-think. US ...

No problemo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... 2013 growth forecast to 3.3% from the 3.5% it predicted only three months before. No worries. In the minutes of its March meeting, the Fed printed in black and white that, "...were the outlook to deteriorate, the pace of purchases could be increased". ...

Strong one, says yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
The minutes of the US Federal Reserve's 16 March meeting spelled the reasons for the FOMC's decision to keep the fed funds rate unchanged at 0-0.25 per cent. "While recent data pointed to a noticeable pickup in the pace of consumer spending during the ...

How high and how long

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
... Today's decision is a further step in that process." Now contrast this with the minutes of the US Federal Reserve's 16 March meeting where they kept the fed funds rate unchanged at 0-0.25 per cent. "While recent data pointed to a noticeable pickup in ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
... directionless trading on Tuesday morning, with the release of minutes from the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) March meeting adding no impetus by noon. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 7.3 points, or 0.15 per cent, at 4,791.4 points ...

Daily economic update

... Council (MPC) voted 8-1 to keep interest rates unchanged for the seventh month in a row. The minutes of the MPC March meeting revealed that the almost unanimous decision to keep interest rates steady at 4.5 per cent was due to the mixed signals from ...
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