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US inflation rises 3.2%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... the most recent Fed forecasts published in June. "And while Fed officials are properly wary of declaring 'mission accomplished', the clear progress on inflation must surely cast doubt in the minds of Fed decisionmakers regarding the advisability of a ...

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 ...

Chief economist update: A date with the RBA in July

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... RBA, along with the Federal government - cannot be faulted for declaring its battle against the pandemic "Mission Accomplished". But unlike the Bank of Canada which walked its optimistic talk by announcing a "tapering of QE" at its 21 April meeting ...

Chief economist update: Victoria's victory

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2020
... Australia at his 26 October press conference as he declared the battle with the second wave of infections "mission accomplished". It may not be as tough as the next waves our American (third wave) and European (second wave) brethren currently face, but ...

Chief economist update: No cheers as RBA hits inflation target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
Mission accomplished! This would have been the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) self-congratulatory exclamation after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that annual headline CPI inflation accelerated to 2.2% in the March quarter ...

Chief economist update: It's a holiday for the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... turned the US equity market around just after Christmas 2018 that continued until the January 2019 meeting. Mission accomplished! But as we all now know, that paused that refreshed was followed by three 25 basis point cuts - July, September and October. ...

Chief economist update: Has the Fed conquered the yield curve?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2019
Mission accomplished! This appears to be the Fed's latest missive at the conclusion of its 10-11 December FOMC meeting - after three 25 bps cuts - in July, September and October - that took the fed funds rate from 2.5% to 1.75%. Fed chair Jerome ...

Mission accomplished?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... be sure, Captain Carney doesn't want to do a George W. when on 1 May 2003 he declared the mission in Iraq "Mission Accomplished" complete with banners and all......only to say later (in January 2009) that, "Clearly, putting 'Mission Accomplished' on ...
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