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Big yawn on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... organic growth means Fed normalisation of monetary policy which means Janet's "considerable time" before raising interest rates might not be so considerable anymore. Sure, sure there's the disappointing consumer confidence report out overnight. Consumer ...

Minute slip on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... through with it (less its credibility gets shot) but... this bad news would keep the US central bank from raising interest rates sooner rather than later - and this is good news. Still, this is not the case, that is, if like your balding typist, they ...

Seesaw on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... well in the world, financial markets are resting easy that that "considerable time" before the Fed starts raising interest rates would remain "considerable" as far as the eye can see... that, or mama Janet Yellen would be invoking a quote from the 1999 ...

New masters of universe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... More different again is the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan's stances. No chance of 'em raising interest rates anytime soon. In fact, the ECB is set to announce the details of its recent policy easing measures later tonight. ECB president ...

RBA should take action on negative gearing: AUI

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... suggested that the RBA should be looking at it before considering additional capital or lending controls, or raising interest rates. "Statistics show that negative gearing is heavily used by investors, and that is likely having a significant impact on ...

Recycling the same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... of 4.2% from 4.0%. Stats like these should revive speculation that the Fed's "considerable time" before raising interest rates won't be so considerable any longer. But nah, not after Janet's Jackson Hole detailed elaboration for the remaining "slack" ...

Hold fire: Emerging market debt set for correction

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... told existing clients to hold off on committing more capital to the asset class until the US has begun raising interest rates. Osses said he's had to adopt a much more flexible approach to the asset class in the last three years as volatility has increased ...

Life's a bargain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... current financial market sell-off continues. Certainly, the Fed's "considerable period" before it begin raising interest rates would become even more considerable and/or it might slow/stall tapering or even increase purchases - "asset purchases are not ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
... 14.99 points (0.77 per cent) to 1,956.98 as the US central bank also did not accelerate the time-frame for raising interest rates. Locally, in economic news on Thursday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases its quarterly bulletin and the Commonwealth ...

UK on the go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
... delete the 7.0% unemployment rate threshold (at which previously the BOE said, it would start thinking about raising interest rates) and replaced it with "forward guidance". "The ultimate answer will depend on the evolution of the economy, particularly ...