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Super Mario to the rescue (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... euros now". We'll just have to wait until the ECB's 2 October meeting to know for sure. Still, I wouldn't put it pass Super Mario to come up with a pleasant surprise.

Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... excuses, excuses, excuses everywhere to keep policy easy. The main take-away from Jackson Hole is nicely summed up by Super Mario: "The risks of "doing too little" - i.e. that cyclical unemployment becomes structural - outweigh those of "doing too much" ...

China's communist and it works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... we'll share the load Hand in hand we'll see each other through." -- Kenny Nolan, "Love's Grown Deep" Not long now, Super Mario Draghi must be beaming with excitement for his upcoming date with Janet Yellen this coming Friday - not to show off his Italian ...

Because I'm happy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... dropped to their lowest level since December 2012. Don't worry, be happy for the more worries the happier we'll be. Super Mario Draghi told us so... only two months ago. Here's what he said last June: "We think it's a significant package... Are we finished? ...

Not that time yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... both the euro area's economic growth and inflation more oomph. Given last night's disappointing inflation numbers, Super Mario might just have to make good on his promise. Eurostat reported that the region's annual headline inflation rate slowed to 0.4% ...

Run with bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... tomorrow night. But before that, we've already heard ECB President Mario Draghi's comforting words. Just last night, Super Mario told the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs at the European Parliament in Strasbourg that, "We will maintain a high ...

A sign from the holy spirit?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... inroads into reducing their debts and deficits. But my main witness comes in the form of three letters - OMT -- the one Super Mario announced back in August 2012. OMT or Outright Monetary Transactions involved the ECB undertaking outright open-ended ...

Good or bad, it's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... activity going forward. Though it'll also be good even if it doesn't for it increases the prospect that the ECB will QE. Super Mario said so. In his interview with Dutch daily De Telegraaf, ECB President Mario Draghi declared that quantitative easing ...

Everything but the kitchen sink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... both inflation and the economy northwards. But not with the promise of the kitchen sink to come as forward guided by Super Mario Draghi. "We think it's a significant package... Are we finished? The answer is no." "The Governing Council decided to intensify ...

Waiting for the ECB to exhale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... data on the state of inflation and unemployment may have just done it - that is, remove whatever doubts linger that Super Mario's coming back to save the eurozone. The European Central Bank (ECB) could be announcing something (anything) to ease monetary ...