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2011: hits and misses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... Fed to rely on." Oh yeah, 2011 saw the Fed fixed interest rates at 0%-0.25% until mid-2013 and too, there was "Operation Twist." While it's debatable whether or not these actions contributed to improving US conditions - or whether Big Benny was correct ...

Wagging the dog

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
... - no action, no movement, no plan. The fed funds rate stays at 0-0.25% -- and will stay there till mid-2013 - Operation Twist remains in operation and even Charles L. Evans dissented the same way he did last month. I don't know about you but was anyone ...

Machines of loving grace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... medium run-are likely to warrant exceptionally low levels for the federal funds rate at least through mid-2013." Operation Twist remains in operation. "...the Committee decided today to continue its program to extend the average maturity of its holdings ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... slow growth and a depressed housing market. The warning overshadowed the Fed's announcement of a plan, dubbed "Operation Twist", to shift $US400 billion in its shorter-term debt portfolio holdings to longer-term bonds in a bid to reduce long-term interest ...

Twisting the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... rates of longer-term Treasuries while at the same time silencing the critics of its expanding balance sheet - Operation Twist has a zero net effect on the Fed's balance sheet as purchases of long-term Treasuries are offset by sales of shorter-term debt ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... long-term interest rates and stimulate the economy. Markets had expected the plan, a version of the Fed's 1961 "Operation Twist," as well as the Fed's decision to hold ultra-low interest rates unchanged, but its decision to re-invest in agency mortgage-backed ...

Waiting and hoping

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... predicament's resolution. To this end, financial markets will be looking to the Fed to deliver the much-speculated "Operation Twist" - to lower the cost of capital by putting a ceiling on 10-year Treasuries -- when it holds its FOMC meeting this week. ...
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