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A "chilling" moment for the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... meet on 15-16 March. It's also expected to watch and wait this meeting but latest stats out have brought back rate hike betting As Bloomberg reports, "The probability of a June boost rose to 35 percent from less than 24 percent yesterday, while odds ...

December lift-off, yeah, sure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... respectively when they decided not to lift in June. The Fed was looking at 1.46% and 1.14% last night. Given these data, I'm betting my two front teeth that the Fed won't lift in December. If they do, at least I still have Xmas, and that'll be all I ...

WBC rate lift pressures RBA rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... September on widespread expectations of a Fed lift-off only to recover after the Fed maintained the status quo. Reduced betting on a 2015 rate hike has taken the A$ above US$0.73 in recent days. But as Bank of America Merrill Lynch chief economist Saul ...

Inflation expectations says no

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... markets appear to be focused on the one-half of their twin mandate, jobs - the latest slowing of which caused the latest betting that a lift-off is off the table this year - it's doing better than the other half, that is on inflation. The latest reading ...

ETF flows up despite market underperformance

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... The BetaShares Geared Australian Equity Fund was among the strongest and saw net flows of $23.6 million, with investors betting the market will rebound. Overall, Vanguard had the largest net inflows during August, while the second largest provider, State ...

Confused and confounded

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
Here we go again, folks. It'll be another week of backwards and forwards betting on that never-ending, world-changing question of the "when" of the Fed lift-off. Earlier this year, it was so easy. Lift-off soon chatters - back then June was the month ...

Expect slow "boil" Fed hikes: Hamish Douglass

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... increase the size of its hikes from 25 basis points initially to 75 basis points. "I would put a wager on it - and I hate betting - that the US economy will actually pick up speed after they start hiking interest rates. The reason I say that is because ...

Feds still in a hole at the Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... Blinder said it best, "If you don't know yourself, what are you supposed to say?" Ain't that the truth? Fed fund futures betting for a lift off remains a coin toss - 40% for September and 50% in December. The US non-farm payrolls report - due out Friday ...

Should the Fed re-launch QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... (http://www.financialstandard.com.au/news/view/51858182) "The Fed's move remains data dependent" The just-released minutes of the same meeting backed up my statement. Now betting for a September move has gone down to 34% from 50% before the butcher ...

RBA to deliver nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
... property side, but I am not one who buys into the hard landing in China." Gene also offered his A$ prediction, "If I was betting, I would probably bet that it does move below 70Ac in the next six to nine months... probably as low as US65Ac by the end ...