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Chief economist update: Americans who want work will find it

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018

... pressures that, in turn, will keep the US Federal Reserve at bay. I bet Trump's already preparing his tweet when the Fed lifts rates next month.

The Fed's done it

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015

... the latest data) and overlayed it with periods during which the US was in recession. This suggests that even if the Fed lifts interest rates to 1.5% by the end of next year, the yield curve would remain positive (assuming bond yields remain at current ...

Chill

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015

... out, come back and see what the data says." Think the good Gov meant, "come back and see what the Fed does". For if the Fed lifts as is widely expected - 78% odds now - it would have done for the A$ what the RBA intends to do for the A$ anyway without ...

Lift Janet lift

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015

... arguments that US inflation would remain below the Fed's target for a little while still - and this, even before the Fed lifts and before factoring in weak/weakening global growth and commodity prices. However, it could also be that this whole uncertainty ...

September -- morn or mourn?

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015

... so that's what they see, heard and think... today. Tomorrow is another day. Surely, there isn't anything wrong if the Fed lifts interest rates - even tomorrow - if it knows for sure that the economy would be able to handle it (and does). And what central ...

It's not the when but the what happens after

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015

... other numbers for October, November and December and even March 2016. But we'll get to that when September comes and the Fed lifts... or not. And oh, by the by, these bets come with the attendant convincing rationales for the whys and the wherefores ...

A$ down but would it stay down?

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015

... action - like we've seen over the past few months - is mainly a US dollar story, i.e., it depends on whether or not the Fed lifts and when it lifts. Will it? Can it? Not if you ask the Federal Reserve of Bank of New York. It published a research piece ...

Fed lady sings (the same old song)

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015

... financial markets' sanguine reaction suggests that players have already factored in one -- or even two (as rumoured) -- Fed lifts. That's well and good. But it could also be that financial markets look at the data - as the Fed lady advices - and see ...

It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015

... delivers her semi-annual Humphrey-Hawkins testimony before the US Congress later this month. But it's all good whether the Fed lifts rates by mid-year or not. If it doesn't, then liquidity support for the markets and the economy remains. If it does ...

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