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Life's a bargain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... considerable and/or it might slow/stall tapering or even increase purchases - "asset purchases are not a preset course" (FOMC statement). However, no rational human being can take delight at man's inhumanity to man. It is human life that has now become ...

Considerable time to eliminate considerable slack

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... weeks ago, Janet explained the considerable "time" after the Fed purchase programme ends contained in the 19 March FOMC statement to mean "... you know, it probably means something on the order of around six months or that type of thing". Not last night. ...

The scares that weren't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... "dots" plotting each of the 16 FOMC members' thoughts on where the fed funds rate was headed but... look at the FOMC statement that, according to Janet, indicates a "shallower glide path" for the fed funds rate. Although I must admit, she made a boo-boo ...

Quicker and faster hikes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... spooked by the implication of what Janet Yellen said.... and that is, earlier and faster Fed rate hikes. While the FOMC statement offered few surprises - asset purchases reduced by a further US$10 bil; changing from a quantitative-based to qualitative-based ...

You say threshold, I say trigger

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... keeping policy steady as she goes, but Fed Chairman Yellen had to swerve on forward guidance. Go back to January's FOMC statement (Bennie's last and which I'm sure she signed on). It's there in black and white: "The Committee also reaffirmed its expectation ...

Trick or treat?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... and then treat us with a taper not as it did in September? By now you've probably have fully digested the October FOMC statement and found that it was largely unchanged from the September FOMC statement...if not, a tad weaker. But the headlines just ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
... report and the end of the US Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). Markets will be watching the FOMC statement for indications of when the Fed is likely to start winding back its stimulus program. "There is going to be a few things ...

The Big Benny sings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... Big Benny to sing? The song remains the same to me. The same tune Ben Bernanke sang on the 22nd of May. The June FOMC statement was practically a rehash of the one released after the May meeting...except for very few very minor tweaks. See for yourself ...

Yes, no, I don't know

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... the whys and wherefores for such. So much so that one would think that Harding was merely paraphrasing from the FOMC statement that would be handed down two days later. Wall Street swooned. Then on Twitter, Robin Harding twittered (or is it tweeted?) ...

May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... the economy's discontent, the more aggressive it would be. Don't' believe me? Let's have a look at last night's FOMC statement: "The Committee will closely monitor incoming information on economic and financial developments in coming months. The Committee ...