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Chief economist update: Don't fight the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... would decelerate from 1.4% in 2019 to 0.8% in 2020 before speeding up to 1.6% in 2021 and 1.7% in 2022." As chair Jerome Powell explained in his press conference: "What the June SEP shows is a general expectation of an economic recovery beginning in ...

Fed buys up BlackRock ETFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... end of the intermeeting period still stood significantly above their levels in January." The US central bank chair Jerome Powell said the Fed took action with the Treasury Department to support the credit needs of large employers through the Primary ...

Chief economist update: Powell blamed for fall on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
Was it something I said? Yes sir, Mr. US Fed chair Jerome Powell, it was. Today's headlines not only infer, but blame your words for the fall on Wall Street overnight. The Wall Street Journal published: "The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped ...

Chief economist update: No escaping the inverted yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... October of that year and continued to steepen. So much so that by the Fed's December 2019 FOMC meeting, Chairman Jerome Powell was waxing optimistic, "Our economic outlook remains a favourable one despite global developments and ongoing risks. With ...

Chief economist update: How deep the global recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
... to firm closures and extended unemployment." How quickly the coronavirus is murdered is the key. As US Fed chair Jerome Powell declared: "If we get the virus spread under control fairly quickly, then economic activity can resume."

The bulls are back

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... however it is still down 22% from its February 19 record high. Adding to the upbeat sentiment, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said the central bank stood ready to act 'aggressively' to shore up credit in the market on top of the unprecedented ...

Chief economist update: Honey, COVID-19 got me sacked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... contained, the economic damage will persist." How quickly the coronavirus is murdered is the key. As US Fed chair Jerome Powell declared: "If we get the virus spread under control fairly quickly, then economic activity can resume... The virus is going ...

Trump slams Fed in Twitter tirade

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
Trump has taken to Twitter once again, this time, to slam the Federal Reserve and its chair Jerome Powell. The tweets follow a tumultuous start to the week for markets, with the Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq suffering their worst day in a decade on ...

Chief economist update: Welcome to the day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... rate ammo like the BOJ and the ECB) expecting to "coordinate" policy responses, pause for thought. For as Fed chair Jerome Powell explained in his press conference: "We do recognise that a rate cut won't reduce the rate of infection... It won't ...

Chief economist update: It's the US consumer, stupid me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
Uh-oh, I may have to put the letters "W" and "R" in front of my last name (Ong) cause that's what my last prognosis for the US economy and the Fed's response is turning out to be. I've been among those pencilling in a recession when the ...