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The darling buds of inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
"Here comes the sun, and I say It's all right." -- The Beatles Wall Street again went on a record breaking run last week with the S&P 500, the DJIA, the Nasdaq Composite and the Russell 2000 all finishing at all-time highs... and for good reasons. Growth ...

As clear as it gets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
... "temporary, idiosyncratic factors." At the other extreme are those who favour a hold on proceedings because as Minneapolis Fed president Neel Kaskari asks: "...if you don't have any inflation why raise rates?" And then there are Chicago Fed president ...

Reversal of fortunes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... over when the Fed would start lift-off, but over whether it should start stimulating once more. Only last week, Minneapolis Fed president Narayana Kocherlakota suggested the Fed should turn its ZIRP (zero interest rate policy) into NIRP (negative interest ...

The first is always the best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... Fed doesn't go this year. Fed yaks delivered after the March meeting show that the Fed divide remains. There's Minneapolis Fed president Narayana Kocherlakota's thoughts on the when of the lift-off, "I anticipate that it would be appropriate for the ...

Auld lang syne

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
... payrolls report that showed wages growing less than expected - an indication (and its effect on inflation) cited by Minneapolis Fed president Narayana Kocherlakota when he called for no lift off for at least one more year. And what about Australia? It's ...

China's rebalancing act

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... in Basel, Switzerland that "financial stability is a necessary prerequisite for an effective monetary policy". Minneapolis Fed head honcho Naranaya Kocherlakota released a statement arguing that the Fed "should continue to buy assets at least until the ...

Who's next to confess?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... country's financial sector. European equity markets were also dragged lower. Worries were re-ignited following Minneapolis Fed President Gary Stern's comments that the credit crunch will last for several more months and conditions could deteriorate further. ...
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