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Three steps and yields stumble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
... a 30 basis point stumble from this year's high of 2.63% recorded on 13 March (a day before the Fed's 14-15 March FOMC meeting that concluded with the announcement of the third rate hike in the current cycle). Apart from concerns about the implementation ...

Fearless forecasting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
Ho-hum. The Fed met and adjourned their 2-3 May FOMC meeting and it was a non-event, announcing no change in policy as Janet Yellen and her merry men see no change in their forecasts. "The Committee expects that, with gradual adjustments in the stance ...

Desperately seeking workers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... begin relatively soon" and not later this year, as financial markets speculated when the minutes of the 14-15 March FOMC meeting was released. The Beige Book report showed that economic activity continued to expand across all the 12 Federal Reserve Districts ...

Of war, rate hikes and balance sheets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... the Fed's intent on shrinking its balance sheet. Yes, that one. The one contained in the minutes of the 14-15 March FOMC meeting: "Provided that the economy continued to perform about as expected, most participants anticipated that gradual increases ...

Too much ado about Fed reinvesting nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
... (the S&P 500 index closed 0.3% down after surging as high as 0.8% in early trade). This was the time the 14-15 March FOMC meeting minutes were released and... Wall Street saw that it wasn't good. This is because while the Fed's reference to the reinvestment ...

One Direction and the BOE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... of March - the US Federal Reserve lifted the fed funds rate by 25 basis points to 0.75% - 1.0% at its 15-16 March FOMC meeting - the BOE did what markets expected, it maintained current monetary policy settings - the Bank Rate at a record low of 0.25% ...

Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
... at the end of the week) would prove no deterrent to a Fed interest rate hike at the conclusion of its 14-15 March FOMC meeting. The ADP report showed that employment in the private sector surged by 298,000 in February following an upwardly revised 261,000 ...

Steady as she grows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... widespread expectations that the US Federal Reserve would raise the fed funds rate after it concludes its 15-16 March FOMC meeting. The RBA would welcome such development as a Fed rate hike would signal the US central bank's confidence over the strength ...

Wednesday delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
... participants" think that the fed funds rate should be increased "fairly soon" in the minutes of its 31 January-1 February FOMC meeting, the Fed also admitted that the current administration's policies have created "considerable uncertainty" over forecasting ...

Three for three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... Reserve marked time on policy too. It kept the fed funds rate target at 0.50%-0.75% after its 31 January - 1 February FOMC meeting. In its statement, the FOMC noted the continued strengthening in the labour market and expansion in economic activity but ...

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