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Chief economist update: Glass half-full or US recession on the way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... easing) inflation. For all intents and purposes, the Fed's "policy of patience" - reinforced in the minutes of its May FOMC meeting - can be considered the correct approach. Everything comes to him who waits. The data-dependent Fed could afford to ...

Chief economist update: Fed will go hiking in June

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
... unanimous verdict financial markets and the intelligentsia gave after reading the minutes of the US Federal Reserve's 1-2 May FOMC meeting. Can't blame them, it was there all for everybody to see or interpret what they saw. "Most participants ...

Chief economist update: Fed's on target, BOJ takes out target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
The US Federal Reserve's 1-2 May FOMC meeting was both expected and a non-event - it kept the fed funds rate target at 1.5%-1.75% and more or less cut and pasted the FOMC Statement at its 20-21 March meeting. Well, maybe less, for May's statement was ...

Good to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... that it takes US economic growth closer to the Fed's median projection of 2.1% growth (year-on-year) for 2017. If the May FOMC statement is any guide, "The Committee expects that economic conditions will evolve in a manner that will warrant gradual increases ...

Fed trumps Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... Federal Reserve has taken back the economic agenda from Trump. While financial markets already know the gist of the 2-3 May FOMC meeting from the monetary policy statement announced at its conclusion, the minutes of that meeting provide nothing but good ...

Fearless forecasting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
Ho-hum. The Fed met and adjourned their 2-3 May FOMC meeting and it was a non-event, announcing no change in policy as Janet Yellen and her merry men see no change in their forecasts. "The Committee expects that, with gradual adjustments in the stance ...

Fed speaks Fedspeak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... wisest of interpreters" (Wealth Building Strategies in Energy, Metals and Other Markets). The minutes of the 30April- 1 May FOMC meeting was clear enough. "Most observed that the outlook for the labor market had shown progress since the program was started ...

Knights in shining armour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... http://www.financialstandard.com.au/news/view/12074574/ ) where I noted that the wording of the minutes of the Fed's May FOMC meeting, "The Committee will monitor the economic outlook and financial developments and will act as needed to best foster maximum ...
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