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Chief economist update: Bull markets don't die of old age

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... overnight - along with the rise in 10-year US Treasury bond yield and the US dollar index -- following the release of the Fed minutes. These, of course, are inter-related. Rising bond yields raises borrowing costs for companies, mortgage rates -- latest ...

Minutes to disaster

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
... 10-year US Treasuries jumped to 1.85% from 1.77% on 17 May. The S&P 500 index dropped by 0.5% after the release of the Fed minutes (though it closed 0.3% on the plus side for the week). We've been warned. The Fed has sent the telegraph and laid out the ...

Minute slip on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... plunged overnight found. Oh pa-lease. Plain lazy. Can't blame 'em though. Try and read all the 8,247 words in the Fed minutes, analyse each, read between the lines and come up with a rant 10-15 minutes after it's been published - you'll say stuff it ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... raise benchmark interest rates. Michael James, managing director of equity trading at Wedbush Securities, said the Fed minutes showed "nothing really new" about the central bank's thinking on interest rates. But James said the market was heartened by ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... closed on Tuesday with profits of $US138 million ($A149 million), up from a loss of $US119 million a year ago. The Fed minutes of the June meeting of the policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee showed the central bank plans to end its bond-buying ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... closed on Tuesday with profits of $US138 million ($A149 million), up from a loss of $US119 million a year ago. The Fed minutes of the June meeting of the policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee showed the central bank plans to end its bond-buying ...

Easy CBs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... rational rationales rationalising the previous day's drop on Wall Street was all about. There was nothing new in the Fed minutes that were released overnight. Monetary policy will remain easy because the FOMC does not "face a trade-off between its employment ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... interest rates. At 0645 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was up 42 points at 5,506. The Fed minutes, as expected, showed the US central bank anticipates continuing its steady stimulus cutback but that there is no groundswell ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... policy meeting. At 0833 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was down 16 points at 5,361. The Fed minutes showed that the central bank officials agreed at their January meeting that further gradual reductions in their stimulus ...

Boston Bombs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
... Plus, they reduce inflationary pressure, giving more scope for more policy accommodation...if necessary. Recall the Fed minutes? "It was also noted that were the outlook to deteriorate, the pace of purchases could be increased." Now for China. Much of ...
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