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ANALYSIS: The rise of the periphery

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... languages. The European Union alone has 28 members. Of these, 19 belong to the Eurozone, a common currency region whose monetary policy falls under the European Central Bank (ECB) but whose fiscal policy mostly depends on the individual countries. It ...

Market set for a steady start

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... and the cash-short country facing a June 30 deadline to repay 1.5 billion euros ($A2.19 billion) to the International Monetary Fund. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets were mixed as the EU warned Greece to accept a debt deal with its international ...

The unborn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... surrounding Greece can be managed as long as there are concerted efforts to accelerate and deepen integration within the monetary union to make it more resilient." (IMF)...or that there would be limited contagion, "We don't think there would be a contagion ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... EU-IMF creditors over unlocking vital bailout cash for Athens was drawing "dangerously close". That came as International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said progress in negotiations with Greece required "adults in the room" in an apparent swipe ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... ahead of the Fed announcement" on Wednesday, he said. Better jobs and retail sales data have altered the outlook for US monetary policy after a weak first quarter. Although the Fed is not expected to lift interest rates on Wednesday, Chair Janet Yellen ...

Buy-back boom driven by loose Fed policy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... billion in buybacks for S&P companies announced in April are an economic distortion resulting from years of accommodative monetary policy and could be costing shareholders long-term performance, according to BlackRock's US-based chief investment officer ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... policies and said there were no plans to end them more quickly than planned. "As long as you have a central bank providing monetary support, that's going to be a positive sign for investment in equity markets, be it European or US," said Michael James ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... with Greece. Friday is the deadline for Greece to repay more than 300 million euros ($A431 million) to the International Monetary Fund. David Levy, portfolio manager at Kenjol Capital Management, said investors are also awaiting key economic data later ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... $US1.0910 from $US1.0991 late in New York on Friday. Greece is up against a deadline on Friday to pay the International Monetary Fund 300 million euros ($A431.47 million) - with fears that it does not have the funds and will default, possibly setting ...

The recesssion we longed to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... demand or by weakening its own currency... it's important that the central bank be allowed to use interest rates and monetary policy to achieve its macroeconomic objectives". The fact is that the RBA just cannot compete with QE-ing central banks. Is ...