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Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... waiting for the RBA to release minutes of its monthly board meeting at 1130 AEST, and tonight's US Federal Open Market Committee meeting. On Wall Street overnight, the Dow Jones industrial average climbed 0.26 of a per cent while the S&P500 dipped 0.07 ...

"Considerable time", is it a-changin'?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... promising you, I and Irene about the when the fed funds rate would move. It was there last time the Federal Open Market Committee met in July: "The Committee continues to anticipate, based on its assessment of these factors, that it likely will be appropriate ...

FRBSF takes on Jackson Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... expectations, and model estimates show that the public seems to expect a more accommodative policy than Federal Open Market Committee participants. The public also may be less uncertain about these forecasts than policymakers." "...the low volatility ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... from a loss of $US119 million a year ago. The Fed minutes of the June meeting of the policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee showed the central bank plans to end its bond-buying stimulus program in October but won't begin raising its near-zero benchmark ...

Fed alert to market reaction to Fed action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... I and Irene were reminded again of this again last night with the release of the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC) 17-18 June meeting. The financial press mostly latched on the minutes' blah, blah on the Fed's exit strategy, its concern ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... from a loss of $US119 million a year ago. The Fed minutes of the June meeting of the policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee showed the central bank plans to end its bond-buying stimulus program in October but won't begin raising its near-zero benchmark ...

Steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
... fast thinning scalp when I was clicking over what she said last night. Aunt Janet learns fast! Two Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings after her 19 March (and first as head of the Fed) boo-boo, she learned. Remember that time? The time when ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... retailer Lowe's missed expectations, falling 0.2 per cent. The minutes of the Fed's policy setting Federal Open Market Committee meeting in April showed policy makers discussing how to manage the impact of an interest rate hike they expect to implement ...

May the Fed be with you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... interest rates would remain low for a "considerable" time. You, I and Irene very much expected the Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC) decision last night, there was nothing new. It's measured taper as she goes: "... the Committee decided to make ...

Considerable time to eliminate considerable slack

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... been thrashed last FOMC meeting but she went further last night.A "Most of my colleagues on the Federal Open Market Committee and I estimate that the unemployment rate consistent with maximum sustainable employment is now between 5.2% and 5.6%." So... ...