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Yellen fedspeaks her mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... the coming months. Perhaps. Perhaps. Perhaps. But chances are she's calling it as she sees it. Thus, US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's eagerly anticipated semi-annual testimony before the US House of Representatives' Committee on Financial Services ...

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 ...

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 ...

Shares higher on US rate outlook

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... banks. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said stocks were also supported by comments from US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen that the Federal Funds Rate will be raised later this year, adding that the rises will be gradual. "She made it ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... lost ground in the middle of the week after weaker-than-expected US economic data and a warning from US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen that stock valuations were "quite high". Tokyo stocks on Thursday fell 1.23 per cent after a three-day holiday. ...

Volcker Alliance proposes new US regulator system

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... Alliance, a non-partisan regulatory think tank comprising former senior regulators and led by former US Federal Reserve Chair Paul Volcker, have released a report arguing that the structure of financial regulation in the US still needs major urgent reform. ...

Patience, my dear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
"Ooh love me, please, just a little bit longer Together we can make it..." - Yvonne Elliman Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. Speculations leading up to this, and interpretations, dissections - and more speculations - of the US Federal Reserve's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... isn't going to tighten any time soon and equities can continue to climb in the wake of this," he added. US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen also hinted in testimony to US lawmakers this week the central bank was in no hurry to raise interest rates. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... has opened flat despite fresh records on Wall Street on the back of positive congressional testimony by US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen about interest rates. CommSec chief economist Craig James says there were impressive international lead-ins ...

Say when

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
Yes. No. Maybe. I don't know. This is dear Aunt Janet's answer to the "lift-off" question that everyone has been waiting for - and speculating on -- since the Fed completed its QE taper back in October last year. There was plenty of information in the ...