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Chief economist update: Fed plans for Trump contingency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
... equity indices closed higher and the US dollar dipped. More directly, the CME FedWatch Tool - based on 30-day Fed Fund futures pricing data - shows the probability of 25 bps rate cut in July has increased to 71.9% after the Fed's decision (from 68.5% ...

Chief economist update: Fed will go hiking in June

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
... puzzles the mind is why the CME FedWatch Tool - the one which tracks the probability of fed rate hikes based on fed fund futures contract prices (or where investors put their money where their guesses are) - showed the likelihood that the Fed would announce ...

Feds still in a hole at the Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... Alan 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 ...

Daily economic update

... aggressive Fed tightening are being scaled back following the benign reading on core CPI released last week. Fed fund futures are pricing in a 100 per cent probability of a tightening next week but expectations have fallen to 70 per cent for a tightening ...
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