Well I have to admit I got that one wrong! Whilst I always knew that further QE would come, I didn’t think it was justified today. The Fed Chairman must be taking an even more negative view on the US economy that even me. The justification for additional monetary easing was never there from a […]
Central Banks are seemingly the saviour of the world’s economy and financial markets — FIU
After Ben Bernanke’s speech at Jackson Hole where he highlighted the weakness of the US labour market in the Fed’s failing of its dual mandate, Friday’s very weak employment report has given rise to more speculation as to whether the FOMC on Thursday will announce a new large scale monetary easing. As I have argued […]
What is Bernanke’s plan? — FIU
When I listen to Central Bankers these days I am hearing so much less than what the rest of the markets seem to hear. So when last Friday I heard Bernanke stating that the bar for further QE was very high, others heard him say that the Fed was just about to embark on another […]
QE3 is now ruled out for this year — FIU
Ben Bernanke’s speech is very dull but has an important paragraph near the end. “As I have discussed today, it is also true that nontraditional policies are relatively more difficult to apply, at least given the present state of our knowledge. Estimates of the effects of nontraditional policies on economic activity and inflation are uncertain, […]
Bernanke gets his wish
Last month I wrote about the reaction the market had to the FOMC statement which suggested that QE3 was off the cards. Implied volatility in Fixed Income markets spiked sharply higher and whilst last week’s FOMC statement was little different to the March statement, the press conference that Bernanke gave, has led to the risk […]