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Special feature: Hunting for value

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... expected yet DM, and defensive assets, are not," says Kent. "This is because EMs were caught out of balance around the Taper Tantrum in 2013 - they have spent the decade since readjusting. "EM policy making has generally been orthodox relative to DM ...

Chief economist update: Powell said, Yellen said

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
... currently at their highest levels since 2013, sending US bond yields higher. Then again, the Fed was able to contain the taper tantrum of 2013 by keeping to its promise to keep interest rates low - it kept the fed funds rate unchanged at 0.25% for another ...

Chief economist update: Disappointing jobs results raise Biden's stimulus bid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
... post-26-27 FOMC meeting press conference, chair Jerome Powell tried to calm markets and prevent a repeat of the taper tantrum that sent bond yields up and equity markets down in 2013. Powell intimated his thoughts on inflation: "We're going to be ...

Chief economist update: Taper talks are premature

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... financial markets' concern du' jour - rising inflation expectations - and calm a potential repeat of the "taper tantrum" that sent bond yields up and equity markets down in 2013. In his post-meeting press conference, Powell intimated his thoughts ...

Chief economist update: Virus now, inflation later

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
... until it sees 2% inflation for a year." You guessed right Virginia. The Fed is preventing a repeat of the 2013 "taper tantrum" - that sent bond yields up and equity markets down. The Feds' statements certainly make sense, particularly in light of ...

NIRP before lift-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
... labor-market gains have slowed this year after growing robustly the year before. He sees the Fed's hand, citing the "taper tantrum" of 2013. At that time, Fed officials' suggestion that they were weighing a wind-down in their bond-buying program led ...

CIO says low bond market rates to continue

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... government bonds," Leech said. Looking at the impact on bond markets, Leech said that with the exception of the Taper Tantrum, long-term US Treasuries have been "a pretty good diversifier to risk." "They help provide a portfolio balance and actually ...

A win-win currency war?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... be some anxiety, increasing jitters but panic it is not (yet?). Still, it makes for a good sound byte. Take that "taper tantrum" Bernanke. Would history repeat? Would financial markets ultimately get over the "patient panic" like they did the "tape tantrum" ...

"Considerable time", is it a-changin'?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... the start of this year... and the VIX index is up to a still-low 14.12 reading. Compare this to September 2013's taper tantrum when the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker were all convinced that Big Ben Bernanke (remember him?) will announce ...
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