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Powell power

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... wasn't really anything earth-shattering in US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's testimony before the Joint Economic Committee of the US Congress overnight where she discussed 'The Current Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy'. Growth is gaining momentum ...

Trump's helping hand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
... December. Finally, she can do what she intended to do since the start of 2016. In her testimony before the Joint Economic Committee of the US Congress on 17 November, Madam Yellen declared: "Were the FOMC to delay increases in the federal funds rate ...

Lift then back to zero (even negative)?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... still any doubt, allow me to replay what US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen told the US Congress' Joint Economic Committee only less than a forthnight ago: "... I anticipate continued economic growth at a moderate pace that will be sufficient to generate ...

US Fed cleared for lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
... the strong US jobs numbers and overlayed with US Fed chief Janet Yelland's words to the US Congress' Joint Economic Committee a day prior that... 100K is O-K, lift off is 100% on its way. "To simply provide jobs for those who are newly entering the labor ...

Fairy tales may come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... what Fed Chair Janet Yellen told the Economic Club of Washington last night - the same words that the Joint Economic Committee would hear when she testifies before them tonight. There's no backing down now. Absent a significant exogenous shock, the fed ...

Un-taper re-reflate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... we've seemed to have just woken up to now) monetary policy "is not a panacea". Testifying before the Joint Economic Committee of the US Congress on 4 October 2011, then Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke declared that, "Monetary policy can be a powerful tool ...

Janet puts it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... on, risk on! The S&P 500 closed 0.6% on the up. And why the heck not? Aunt Janet told the US Congress' Joint Economic Committee - and the world - that: She's optimistic about the economic outlook. "... we have heard many different pieces of evidence ...

The Big Benny sings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... samples without going over my number of words quota...but there are more: In his testimony before the Joint Economic Committee on 28 March 2007, Ben S. Bernanke told the US Congress that, "At this juncture, however, the impact on the broader economy ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
... morning," he said. Mr Bernanke kept all policy options open when he testified in front of the US Congress' Joint Economic Committee. "If we decide that further action is required, then, of course, we have to decide what action is appropriate or what ...

Wall Street beauties

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... topped market estimates. These beauties gave substance to Big Benny's testimony before the US Congress' Joint Economic Committee where he testified that improving business and consumer indicators "will be sufficient to promote a moderate economic recovery ...
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