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Economic recap: Week to November 26

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
... target of 10 basis points for the April 2024 Australian Government bond" at it's 2 November Board meeting. The US Federal Reserve wasn't far behind, declaring on the 3rd of November that it would "taper" its US$120 billion a month purchases by US$15 ...

Pella Funds Management adds to advisory board

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
... Bureau of Economic Research, research fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, and economic consultant at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Woods brings over 20 years of experience across ESG and sustainable investment and was previously co-head ...

Economic recap: Week to November 5

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
... inflation to be no higher than 2½ per cent at the end of 2023 and for only a gradual increase in wages growth". The US Federal Reserve's 2-3 November FOMC meeting produced little surprise. It decided to "taper" its US$120 billion a month purchases ...

Fed to ban policymakers stock, bond trading

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
The Federal Reserve is restricting the investing activities of policymakers and senior staff, including banning them from holding or trading individual stocks and bonds. Following a review and recent scandal, the Federal Reserve has moved to prohibit ...

Economic recap: Week to October 15

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2021
... entailed a gradual reduction in the pace of net asset purchases that, if begun later this year, would lead the Federal Reserve to end purchases around the middle of next year. The path featured monthly reductions in the pace of asset purchases, by $10 ...

Economic recap: Week to October 8

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2021
... 1950s. The same could be observed across many, if not most, global economies. So much so that, not only the US Federal Reserve, but most major world central banks have been hard at work trying to get measured inflation up to their targets. The covid-19 ...

Economic recap: Week to September 24

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
... markets have been on edge ever since they got the first whiff of "taper" in the air. This started when the minutes of the US Federal Reserve's April 27-28 FOMC meeting revealed that: "A number of participants suggested that if the economy continued ...

Economic recap: Week to September 10

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
... year." That's about as clear as any central banker could put it. This is also a clear departure from former US Federal Reserve chair Alan Greenspan's double talk. Recall his words way back when: "I know that you believe you understand what you ...

Morningstar business development lead to exit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
... total, he's spent almost 14 years with Morningstar, having first joined in December 2007 after six years with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. The spokesperson said Winter has successfully grown and led a high-performing sales team since joining ...

Economic recap: Week to August 27

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... resort in Wyoming had, after all, been the staging ground for some momentous monetary policy shifts by the US Federal Reserve. Only last - when the war against the pandemic began - the Fed announced a change in its monetary policy strategy at the same ...