Expect A Fed Rate Hawkish Pause

Yeap Jun Rong, Market Analyst, IG International

12-Jun-23 07:00

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The FOMC meets this week with most economist expecting a rate pause. We speak to Yeap Jun Rong, Market Strategist at IG International as to whether he is in that camp. We also ask why the Singapore dollar has been appreciating and is that momentum sustainable.

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Produced by: Mike Gong

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning, Philip See, Mark Tan

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Categories: markets, international, economy

Tags: rate pause, fomc, singapore dollar,

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