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2015: a lift year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
... of San Francisco when she discussed the whys and wherefores of "Normalizing Monetary Policy: Prospects and Perspectives". (http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/yellen20150327a.htm) "Like most of my FOMC colleagues, I believe that the appropriate ...

The die is cast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... so long as those yields are not below the ECB deposit rate at time of purchase. The ECB deposit rate is currently -0.2%". (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-05/here-s-how-ecb-qe-will-work) And also because of the demand/supply imbalance. ...

My QE, your problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... quantitative easing programme last night. Special thanks to Bloomberg for saving me work and publishing the details in dot points (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-05/here-s-how-ecb-qe-will-work). Money, money, money... and yet Wall Street ...

Majority slammed (again), equities dunked, A$ fouled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... decision. "ASX tanks as investors turn after RBA rate decision" was the Sydney Morning Herald's glaring spooky headline (http://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/asx-tanks-as-investors-turn-after-rba-rate-decision-20150303-13tu5k.html#ixzz3TLodSzo0). Read ...

A little tweet told me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
... foot in my mouth and digesting every single letter of the erroneous pre-supposition I wrote on this space three days ago (http://www.financialstandard.com.au/news/view/47857372) about how the reported deal between Greece and "the institutions" reported ...

Stimulate or deflate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
"Yahoo! Celebrate good times, come on!...everyone around the world, come on." -- Kool & the Gang Oh yes, yes, yo Virginia, most major equity markets from New York to Rio and ol' London town went into the weekend celebrating their pretty gains for the ...

Taylor rules the RBA just right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... the day is the Australian central bank's first meeting for 2015. Despite "Roubini Global urges RBA to hold interest rates" (http://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/roubini-global-urges-rba-to-hold-interest-rates-20150202-133s4z.html#ixzz3QcrDl5s9) ...

LMCI: a new indicator is born

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
... Fed's Labor Market Conditions Index (LMCI) -- a composite indicator of 19 labour market indicators. Read the details here: http://www.federalreserve.gov/econresdata/notes/feds-notes/2014/assessing-the-change-in-labor-market-conditions-20140522.html At ...

Time to get shorty?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014

Instant replay of the song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... federal funds rate for a considerable time after our current asset purchase program ends..." Read last night's FOMC statement (http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/monetary/20140917a.htm) and you'll find that nothing much has changed - it still ...