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Chief economist update: Does the Fed lift or cut interest rates just for the heck of it?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
... slow/pause future interest rates increases after announcing the last 25 basis point hike for 2018 next week. Recall recent Fedspeak about the US central bank being data dependent? The recent data on inflation, inflation expectations and the yield curve ...

Chief economist update: New Fed chief, same policy direction (but more transparent)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
... Yellen, Powell - and 12 years later, financial markets still haven't completely shaken off 19 years of Alan Greenspan's Fedspeak. "I know you think you understand what you thought I said but I'm not sure you realise that what you heard is not what I ...

Beige Book report delivers known knowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... thoughts in recent times, eliminating the need for markets, speculators and investors to second-guess the Fed. No more Fedspeak - the term famously described in former Fed chief Alan Greenspan's quote, "I know you think you understand what you thought ...

A matter of assumptions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
... central banks have embraced uber-transparency, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) appears to still be subscribing to "fedspeak". It's still keeping Australians in the dark about its next policy movement. In its September policy statement, the RBA wrote ...

Transparency to the max

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... what gave are the central banks giving financial markets "almost" real time information about their policy leanings. Fedspeak had been replaced by "forward guidance" or in the present day forward guidance of forward guidance. Gone are the guessing days ...

Trump matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
... monetary policy announcements - the BOJ, the Fed, and the BOE met in late January/early Feb. Few also gave a hoo-ha on Fedspeak - St. Louis Fed president Bullard and Chicago Fed president Evans both spoke about the economy and monetary policy (at different ...

The Fed "live" in November

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
It seems so long ago now but at the start of October (or thereabouts), we were treated to several regional Fedspeaks -- including, among others, Cleveland Federal Reserve president Loretta Mester, Richmond Federal Reserve president Jeffrey Lacker, Kansas ...

Yellen speaks Fedspeak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
It's live! It'll be one of those Septembers to remember. This, Virginia, is if you believe many (not most) of the post-Jackson Hole commentaries that littered world wide web dissecting US Fed Chair Janet Yellen's words. She said so many things, so many ...

Read the data not the Fed's lips

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
Yes, no, maybe, I don't know. Sit down, buckle up and hang on Virginia for we're heading into the 'Hole' - Jackson Hole, that is. There'll be to-ing and fro-ing aplenty leading up to Janet's homily at 'The Hole' this coming Thursday and Friday and perhaps ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
Australia ANZ job ads Continued improvement in the Australian labour market in the coming months. This is the indication from the ANZ's latest job advertisement tally. Total job ads increased by 2.4% - the fastest pace in eight months - 157,942 - the ...
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