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Comparative advantage

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... myself, currently anticipate that achieving these conditions will likely entail an initial increase in the federal funds rate later this year, followed by a gradual pace of tightening thereafter". Or did she? "But if the economy surprises us, our judgments ...

Confused and confounded

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... myself, currently anticipate that achieving these conditions will likely entail an initial increase in the federal funds rate later this year, followed by a gradual pace of tightening thereafter". Still, Wall Street wasn't particularly impressed. Yay ...

Fed will lift later this year if...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... myself, currently anticipate that achieving these conditions will likely entail an initial increase in the federal funds rate later this year, followed by a gradual pace of tightening thereafter. But if the economy surprises us, our judgments about appropriate ...

The moment of truth cometh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... last met in July: "The Committee anticipates that it will be appropriate to raise the target range for the federal funds rate when it has seen some further improvement in the labor market and is reasonably confident that inflation will move back to its ...

Reading too much out of nothing at all

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... international developments. The Committee anticipates that it will be appropriate to raise the target range for the federal funds rate when it has seen some further improvement in the labor market and is reasonably confident that inflation will move ...

Fed lady sings (the same old song)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... evolves as we expect, economic conditions likely would make it appropriate at some point this year to raise the federal funds rate target." Choowareewareewa! Yes, this year! The year 2015! She's not taking that other lady's - IMF's Madame Lagarde - advice ...

Round and round we go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... over: "I expect that it will be appropriate at some point later this year to take the first step to raise the federal funds rate and thus begin normalising monetary policy". Or not: "But I want to emphasise that the course of the economy and inflation ...

The Fed is Greek too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... progress" on hiring. The median estimate of all 17 FOMC officials' quarterly projections for the benchmark federal funds rate implied two rate rises in 2015..." This is where the Fed finds itself among the Greeks. It's doing a Sissyphus - the Greek king ...

Strong USD reflects (deflects) lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... only last week. "I think it will be appropriate at some point this year to take the initial step to raise the federal funds rate target."...and recent US data releases appear to back her claim that the first quarter's weakness was due to "statistical ...

Shares higher on US rate outlook

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... Ric Spooner said stocks were also supported by comments from US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen that the Federal Funds Rate will be raised later this year, adding that the rises will be gradual. "She made it clear that she thought the Fed would be ...

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