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Chief economist update: Jerome is in the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell's in the Hole - the annual Jackson Hole symposium, that is. Out of or deeper into the (Jackson) hole? Powell's all too aware that he has to mind his Ps and Qs because his every word would be sliced ...

Chief economist update: The greatest challenge of our time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... financial market seizure that produced the 'Great Recession' of a decade ago. So what gives? US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at his press conference after the FOMC's March meeting. Powell warned below-target inflation is "one of ...

Chief economist update: The Fed has hit neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
The widely-anticipated market moving event this week - US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's semi-annual testimony before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the US Senate - turned out to be a bummer. We've seen this ...

Chief economist update: Powell Power

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
We may have a Santa Claus rally this year after all! US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell spooked us all - in the Halloween month of October - when, in an interview with PBS, he declared that: "The really extremely accommodative low interest rates ...

Chief economist update: Don't mind the gap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... middle of 2016 - one that's puzzling central bankers around the world and recently voiced out by US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. It appears that, for Australia's labour market, at least, growth in wages has tightened more its negative ...

Chief economist update: What goes around is starting to get around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... workers, and you're wondering, well, why aren't wages going up faster?" These were the words of US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell in his interview with Kai Ryssdal - host and senior editor of Marketplace. These words also perfectly summed ...

Chief economist update: The Goldilocks rate of interest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
... growth (and lift inflation) and not too hot that it would cause economic activity to slow. Ho-hum. US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's prepared testimony before the US Congress (and even in the Q&A session) offered very little forward guidance ...

Chief economist update: Weak wages a puzzle, could become a problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
... workers, and you're wondering, well, why aren't wages going up faster?" These were the words of US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell in his interview with Kai Ryssdal - host and senior editor of Marketplace. These words also perfectly summed ...

The Fed "live" in November

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... annual economic conference sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston in Boston, Massachusetts. US Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen spoke about many things at that conference but one thing that caught my eye - one that took me back to my student ...

Patience, my dear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... here we go again. We go guessing the "will she, won't she" of Janet's patience again - that is, would US Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen drop the word "patient" this month... or would she not. Many expected "patient" dropped when the FOMC met for ...
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