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Chief economist update: Be afraid of inflation expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
US Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis president James Bullard's recent virtual presentation provided a timely venue for the Fed to push back on inflation fears that drove equity markets down a day before. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis' ...

Chief economist update: Honey, COVID-19 got me sacked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
The numbers are in, and the US Economic Policy Institute's (EPI) estimate of unemployment claims, if not right on the dot, was way inside the ballpark. EPI estimated 3.4 million workers filed for unemployment in the week ended March 21, that it ...

Chief economist update: Greater than the Great Recession of 2008

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
... others that we could talk about, but those are probably the main ones." These were the words St. Louis Fed president James Bullard podcast in his interview with Karen Mracek - media relations coordinator at Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - overnight ...

Chief economist update: Fed plans for Trump contingency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
... reductions and one official calling for a single rate reduction this year. Heck, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis James Bullard even voted for an outright 25 bps rate reduction at June meeting. Not surprisingly, investors are putting their money where ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... personal income and spending data have doused speculations of an April rate hike - prompted by St. Louis Fed president James Bullard's comments last week that, "You get another strong jobs report, it looks like labour markets are improving, you could ...

Drown baby, drown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
... 10-year gap's down 17bps to 1.37% from 1.54%. Recent Fedspeaks spoke of this. Last week, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard warned that, "Low inflation expectations may keep actual inflation lower, all else equal, making it more difficult for the ...

Lift-off off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... are there's no chance that they'll be lifting rates when they meet again this month. As St. Louis Fed president James Bullard said two days ago, "It is very tough for the committee to make a big decision and then change it after only one meeting., Roughly ...

The man with the golden jawbone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... 7.4% between mid-September to mid-October 2014 - but that time it was Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis president James Bullard who played the knight in shining armour. As MarketWatch reported on 16 October 2014, "The Federal Reserve should consider extending ...

From the mouths of Feds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... increase in the target federal funds range likely will be warranted before the end of the year." St Louis Fed pres James Bullard in London: "Zero is no longer the appropriate interest rate for the U.S. economy." Wednesday, 25 March: Chicago Fed pres ...

Jawbone collection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... the spooks over world growth, world peace, world health and financial market volatility. St. Louis Fed president James Bullard started the liftoff with his "pause on taper at this juncture" or even extend the bond-buying program beyond October due to ...
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