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Fed does the expected, will do as expected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... Reserve's 31 October - 1 November FOMC meeting. The Fed's forward guidance is the same as it was in the 20 September FOMC statement when it announced that it would initiate its balance sheet normalisation program in October. It's also a straight copy ...

December lift-off, yeah, sure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... from 37% before the Fed released its statement. This because, according to parsers and dissectors, the September FOMC statement sentence -- "Recent global economic and financial developments may restrain economic activity somewhat and are likely to put ...

New masters of universe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... interest rates "sooner-rather-than-later" or later rather than sooner but at the end of the day - and as the September FOMC statement printed in black and white - "In determining how long to maintain the current 0 to 1/4 percent target range for the ...

Trick or treat?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... probably have fully digested the October FOMC statement and found that it was largely unchanged from the September FOMC statement...if not, a tad weaker. But the headlines just refuse to let the facts get in the way of a good story. So there they go...putting ...

Undue credit (ratings)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
... were correct - the FOMC kept interest rates at near zero and will be there for an "extended period." The September FOMC Statement was more or less a rehash of the August FOMC Statement. Latest data "suggests that economic activity has picked up following ...
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