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Bouncy bouncy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... staying my day of crucifixion for this. Phew! In one of the clearest signal yet that it's about to act, ECB chief Mario Draghi declared that "The strengthening of the exchange rate requires further monetary stimulus. That's an important dimension for ...

The art of fighting without fighting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... refinancing rate unchanged at 0.25% and... more "forward guidance". In his post-meeting press conference, ECB President Mario Draghi assured you, I and Irene (one more time) that, "We talked about lower interest rates, a lower deposit facility rate ...

Crimea makes it domestic

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... Central Bank (ECB) - is perturbed. It voted to keep interest rates unchanged overnight. According to ECB President Mario Draghi, "When we look at the specific situation in Ukraine, and if we look at that in a fairly, I would say, from -- from a purely ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... recovery in the eurozone. The European Central Bank held its key interest rates steady at 0.25 per cent with bank head Mario Draghi brushing off widespread talk that damaging deflation was becoming a threat. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index ended the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
... retreated as investors digested weak Chinese economic data and a cautious outlook from European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi. However, the euro rallied on news that activity in the eurozone private sector economy hit a 31-month high in January as ...

Governor Carney is no monkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013

Counting up and counting down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... Q&A session -- after the ECB Governing Council met and decided not to change monetary policy settings - president Mario Draghi commented that, "...the US budget shutdown is a risk, if it is protracted. At the present time, the impression one has is that ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013
... eurozone recovery. With a US government shutdown pushed into a second day, dealers moved to the euro as ECB chief Mario Draghi warned the political deadlock in Washington could pose a danger to the world economy. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index slid ...

Central banks rule

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
... (cure-all) for anything and everything that ails economies and financial markets. It's also the ECB. Recall ECB president Mario Draghi's "whatever it takes" and forward guidance, "The governing council expects the key ECB rates to remain at present or ...

OMTs - one year on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... to expect everything." It's a shame that this is happening almost to the day when European Central Bank President Mario Draghi announced the technical framework of his Outright Monetary Transactions (OMTs) programme on 6 September last year. The programme ...