FOMC: Negative rates are off the table – UOB
|Economist at UOB Group Lee Sue Ann ruled out the likelihood that the Federal Reserve could reduce rates below zero at this week’s event.
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“The Fed has demonstrated it will do whatever it takes to restore financial market stability, smooth out US dollar funding conditions and safe-guard the economy.”
“So more measures (including unscheduled ones) can be expected. That said, we do not think the Fed will want to push rates beyond zero, into negative territory.”
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