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US bond yields zipped by ZIRP?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... happening despite the Fed reducing its US Treasury purchases by US$5 billion at each and every Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) meeting starting in January this year. Successive tapering have reduced the Fed's purchase of US Treasuries from US$45 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013
... Chatterton said traders were also waiting to see the outcome of this week's meeting of the Fed's Federal Open Markets Committee. Many analysts expect the FOMC to announce on Thursday morning (Australian time) that it will start to wind back its asset ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
... Chatterton said traders were also waiting to see the outcome of this week's meeting of the Fed's Federal Open Markets Committee. Many analysts expect the FOMC to announce on Thursday morning (Australian time) that it will start to wind back its asset ...

Fed sorted easy, now for the ceiling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... name is James: James Bullard, president of the St. Louis Federal Reserve and voting member of the Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC). In an interview with CNBC, he made it clear that, "Fed policy is very easy and it's going to stay easy for a long ...

No minute message in FOMC minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... currently doing the rounds of financial markets. And with the release of the minutes of its 26-27 April Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) meeting, dispel the markets' worries it did. Wall Street knows not to fight the Fed. US equities jumped around ...

Gold's dimming lustre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... expected to rise soon, starting when the Fed begins to unwind its quantitative easing. At its January Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) meeting, the Fed confirmed that it would be closing some of its emergency lending programs and its dollar swap ...

Stuck at zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... US economy out of stormy waters. There we have it Virginia, the much-awaited, much speculated US Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) meeting produced nada. By a unanimous decision, its members voted to keep the fed funds rate near zero. And it shall ...

All aboard

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... extended period (again just in case). While talking heads and financial headlines have spun the Federal Open Markets Committee's (FOMC) statement as, "the recession's end is nigh," I still maintain that we reached "nigh" two months ago in June. But what's ...

Good Bank Bad Bank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
Bad bank sparks optimism in US equities. Last night's decision by the US Federal Reserve's Federal Open Markets Committee to leave interest rates unchanged at virtually zero was a no-brainer. How can it do otherwise when the deepening financial and ...

Sucked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... unabated, Australia, too, will be sucked in into this vortex. This week the US Federal Reserve's Federal Open Markets Committee will meet to decide on the country's monetary policy settings, and perhaps to again try and reverse the tide. At least, they ...
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