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Lift then back to zero (even negative)?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
Two days before lift-off. But in case there's still any doubt, allow me to replay what US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen told the US Congress' Joint Economic Committee only less than a forthnight ago: "... I anticipate continued economic growth ...

Fairy tales may come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... risk disrupting financial markets and perhaps even inadvertently push the economy into recession." This is what Fed Chair Janet Yellen told the Economic Club of Washington last night - the same words that the Joint Economic Committee would hear when ...

A December lift if...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2015
... transitory factors fading -- that inflation will move up to 2 percent." These were the words that came out of Fed Chair Janet Yellen's lips when she testified before the House Financial Services Committee last night that suggest a December lift-off remains ...

FEATURE: Investing in a world on hold

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... had priced in the hike, the Fed pulled back and decided to hold the decision for at least another month. The Fed's chair Janet Yellen voiced concerns about the volatility that China triggered in August and about global market instability more broadly. ...

Janet vindicated

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... quo following their 16-17 September FOMC meeting. Perhaps, but Wall Street and the world weren't pleased when Fed Chair Janet Yellen maintained the suspense over the timing of the very first US interest rate hike in nine years -- underscored by the S&P ...

Fed will lift later this year if...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
Too bad for Wall Street, the closing bell has already rung even before US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen uttered her first word on "Inflation Dynamics and Monetary Policy" at the At the Philip Gamble Memorial Lecture, University of Massachusetts ...

Expect slow "boil" Fed hikes: Hamish Douglass

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen has delayed the interest rate lift off; supporting Magellan chief investment officer Hamish Douglass' view that tightening will be drawn out over many years. Presenting to some 800 advisers at Sydney's Westin Hotel ...

Watching out for the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... magazine, "...two previous Fed chairmen, Ben Bernanke and Alan Greenspan, used... to signal major shifts in policy." Fed Chair Janet Yellen would be 'persona non attending' but this year's topic, "Inflation Dynamics and Monetary Policy" will provide ...

Round and round we go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... of 2015 on Fed lift-off speculations - they will, they won't this year. The latest rumour on the mill is that Fed Chair Janet Yellen would start before 2015 is over: "I expect that it will be appropriate at some point later this year to take the first ...

The Fed is Greek too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... brings the Fed's finger on lift-off button closer. Note that the Fed's also watching the unfolding Greek saga. Fed Chair Janet Yellen told us so only last week. In her press statement after the conclusion of the 2-day FOMC meeting (16-17 June), Janet ...