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US CPI inflation rate stays stubbornly high

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023
... inflation that has led Federal Reserve officials, including chair [Jerome] Powell, to leave open the prospect of a further Fed hike in the policy rate." Further, Miller observed that markets have come to terms with the possibility of another rate hike. ...

US Fed hikes rates amid banking turmoil

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2023
Amid banking turmoil, the US Federal Reserve announced a rate hike to combat inflation. Recent economic indicators revealed modest growth in US spending, production, and strong job gains, with low unemployment and persistent inflation concerns. As such ...

Chief economist update: The angel in the capex details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
Australian actual total capital expenditure was down 0.5% in the third quarter following a 0.9% decline in the second and lower than market expectations for a 1% pick up. That's the headline splattered on our screens when the Australian Bureau of ...

Chief economist update: Submerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
When Fed chief Jerome Powell tried to explain the US yield curve's flattening as a function of rising short rates because of the rate hikes (and expectations for more) and a smaller lift in the long-term yields because of safe-haven buying, I questioned ...

Returning Fed hike expectations could be flattened by yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
A big bounce in US employment gave the green light to investors and speculators to put risk back on onto their portfolios. Fear, it seems, has left the building... or driven out by the strong US jobs numbers. The VIX index closed 10.6% down to a reading ...

Janet's words stronger than BOJ and ECB bazookas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
Quantitative easing. Negative interest rates. Quantitative and Qualitative easing with a negative interest rate. All of the above plus promises of more. The European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) big bazookas proved no match for US ...

Australia back on the radar for international capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
The price adjustments and economic rebalancing seen in Australia over the last 12 months could see investment markets defy growing pessimism and international money return, according to two eminent market commentators. Goldman Sachs Asset Management ...

Expect slow "boil" Fed hikes: Hamish Douglass

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen has delayed the interest rate lift off; supporting Magellan chief investment officer Hamish Douglass' view that tightening will be drawn out over many years. Presenting to some 800 advisers at Sydney's Westin Hotel ...

Gloom and doom news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... Not only this, the yuan's devaluation also erodes their export competitiveness relative to Beijing. Speculation of a Fed hike has already prompted investors to take away their money and run away from emerging markets. These, in turn, are putting downward ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... Reserve will hike interest rates. Traders were also left disappointed by more weak data from China. The likelihood of a Fed hike, coupled with the European Central Bank's new bond-buying stimulus program and fears over Greece, sent the US dollar surging ...
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