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Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... in opening trade as investors snap up cheaper stocks following recent falls. Comments overnight from the Federal Reserve Bank's St Louis president Jamie Bullard suggesting that the US not scale back its asset purchase stimulus program at the end of this ...

QE forever and ever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... hasn't drop far enough (and so the small teenie weenie bounce)? Nah, it wasn't that. It was what A St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard said around lunchtime that sent the S&P into positive territory... around lunchtime. "We have to ...

Volatile like its 2011

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
Talk about being careful... for they might come true. 'Twas not so long ago that Janet Yellen, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) and the IMF worried about complacency in the financial markets as indicated by low, down on the ground ...

I wish I may, I wish I might

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... and to the committee". She told us so at her press conference after the June FOMC meeting. Last month, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) told us that, "the low volatility in asset markets could, in part, reflect market participants' relative ...

Now where have I heard that before?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... disappointments could trigger widespread disruption."...has already been taken up by the Fed and more specifically, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) in its economic research titled, "Assessing Expectations of Monetary Policy"... not ...

Instant replay of the song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... March was Freudian slip. Though to be fair (to me), I did type last week that I'm with Janet - versus the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) - and what she delivered at the Jackson Hole in August: This is what I wrote last 10 September: "Sure ...

FRBSF takes on Jackson Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
Thank you FRBSF! Join me Virginia, in thanking the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (yup, that's what the FRBSF stands for) for its recently-released economic research titled, "Assessing Expectations of Monetary Policy". Thank the FRBSF for bringing ...

Independence Day for the US economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... 6.1% from 6.3% in May - suggest that Uncle Sam's country could now grow unaided. Uh-oh, looks like I owe Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard an apology - big time! He might be correct after all and I'll have to put the letters "W" ...

James knows when

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... lift interest rates soon - that is, sooner than everyone in the planet expects. Bullard of bull (dropping?). Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said so in his interview with Fox Business News. Read his lips: The market and even ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... Board's index of leading indicators, rose 0.5 per cent in February, the largest amount in three months. The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said manufacturing had rebounded in that region in March as new orders increased. And, the number of people ...