The Fed and March US non-farm payrolls report and the ECB’s end to the tightening cycle

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  “Give me a one-handed economist. All my economists say “on the one hand…, but then on the other…”   Harry Truman (US President 1945-53) Where is the Fed coming into

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On the other hand

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“Give me a one-handed Economist. All my economists say ‘on the one hand…’, then ‘but on the other…” – Harry Truman (US President 1945-52) Despite a plethora of central bank

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RBA: the narrow path resembles a tightrope; a “verbal pivot” in the offing? The Fed: Déjà vu all over again?!

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The Fed: Déjà vu all over again?! Yogi Berra was a US baseball coach renowned for his mangling of expression. He is most famous for coining the phrase “déjà vu

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Central Banks: Are we there yet?

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The week just passed was meant to be one where markets obtained a clearer insight into when central banks, including the Federal Reserve (the Fed), the European Central Bank (ECB)

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Soft landing still a central case…but a lot can go wrong. (Or will the Bears catch “goldilocks”?)

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RBA: monetary policy bias swinging to neutral, but still some distance to any imperative for a policy rate cut Yesterday’s release of the January Monthly consumer price index (CPI) indicator

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US January consumer price index. Not there yet. Not even close?

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January’s US consumer price index (CPI) is a reminder that the challenges around the “last mile” in returning inflation to target are daunting. I suspect that the Federal Reserve (Fed)

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Phlegmatic Fed

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As was widely anticipated, the US Federal Reserve’s (Fed) Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) opted to eschew any adjustment in the policy rate at the conclusion of its meeting on

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Pamplona in the bond market as it anticipates aggressive central bank policy rate reductions

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Running with the bulls can be exhilarating and, in an investment sense, frequently rewarding. The rally in bond markets from late October into year-end provided that exhilaration and reward for

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Pamplona in the markets and the European Central Bank and Bank of England both on hold

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Fed: Pamplona in the markets! As was widely anticipated, the US Federal Reserve’s (Fed) Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) opted to eschew any adjustment in the policy rate at the

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RBA and September quarter national accounts: historical curiosum or troubling portent?

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Wednesday’s September quarter national accounts release did not make for a pleasing read. Growth was slow (probably slower than the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) forecast) but inflation remains high,

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