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Lift then back to zero (even negative)?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... rate. Futures markets put it at 0.76%." "But that's if all goes as planned." The same WSJ article, scribbled by Jon Hilsenrath, reports that "More than half of economists polled predict federal-funds rate back near zero within next five years". Fifty ...

It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... surprises for guessing but financial markets are now saying the Fed's mid-year lift-off is back on track. But as Jon Hilsenrath writes in the 'Wall Street Journal' (WSJ), "The strong January jobs report increases the odds, but doesn't guarantee, that ...

Unwind for Xmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... mention again only a weekend and day ago. How can I not break my vow of taper talk silence when even Fed mouthpiece, Jon Hilsenrath, and PIMCO boss, Bill Gross, are talking taper. BIOF. Blame it on Friday's better-than-expected US non-farm payrolls report ...

Trick or treat?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... go...putting words in the Fed's mouth one more time, like they did back last May. Mouth? May? These two words remind me of Jon Hilsenrath - him who's considered the Fed's mouthpiece. Jon was the one who started the first Fed taper episode when he wrote ...

It doesn't compute

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... said what they said on the same day the bad stats were released (although I get the feeling that they might be Jon Hilsenrath's mole at the Fed). I don't know how much weight to give to their expositions considering that they're both not voting members ...

Will stocks follow Fed exit to the exits?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... shoulders instead of enjoying the vista. They're putting their listening ears for confirmation that Fed mouthpiece Jon Hilsenrath's piece printed on the Wall Street Journal. According to Hilsenrath, the Fed now has sketched a roadmap to the exits but ...
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