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Economic recap: Week to August 27

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
All talk and still no taper (yet). Along with the declaration of "mission accomplished" in the planet's war against the COVID-19 pandemic, the Fed's annual Kansas City Fed's Jackson Hole symposium is the most widely anticipated event of ...

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 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... dissenting in both the March and April FOMC meetings - preferring the target rate be lifted from 0.5% to 0.75% instead, Kansas City Fed president Esther George voted with her colleagues at the June meeting. Revised projections show the Fed now expects ...

Steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... aggressive policy, and it is making me a little bit nervous that we're over-committing to easy policy." There, too, is Kansas City Fed's Esther George warning that "a prolonged period of zero interest rates may substantially increase the risks of future ...

I'm still standing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... from Japan's 11 March calamity. This is confirmed by rebounds in the Fed's regional manufacturing surveys: The Kansas City Fed PMI survey jumped by 13 points to 14 in June; the Richmond Fed manufacturing survey rebounded by nine points to +3 in June ...

Same time last year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... against more Fed policy splurges at about this time last year were greater - and even more hawkish. In June 2010, Kansas City Fed President Thomas Hoenig advised that the Fed should increased interest rates to 1 per cent soon - perhaps within a few months. ...

Let's party!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... programme and/or raising interest rates, there were no dissenters in last night's FOMC vote - zilch, nil, nada. Kansas City Fed President Thomas Hoenig had objected at every FOMC meeting since 2010 over the central bank's easy policy stance. He even ...

Land of the free money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... stop buying mortgage-backed securities and agency debt by the end of this month as scheduled. And as in January, Kansas City Fed President Thomas Hoenig dissented over the use of the phrase "extended period" because it could lead to an asset price bubble ...

Good news day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
Another day, another good day on Wall Street overnight. It could not be any different given the good omens provided by last night's US economic data releases. Remember that inventory de-stocking that was prevalent over the past months? Seems that American ...

One down, more to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
There were no surprises contained in the Fed's statement after it concluded its two-day FOMC meeting overnight. Wall Street breathed a sigh of relief. One down! "The Committee will maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 0 to 1/4 percent ...
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