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Showing 101 - 110 of 129 results for "Monetary Easing"

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... cent, or 110.90 points, to 9,055.20 thanks to a weak yen which makes exports more competitive and hopes for fresh monetary easing by Japan's central bank. Seoul rose 0.55 per cent, or 10.54 points, to 1,924.50 and Sydney closed 0.10 per cent, or 4.7 ...

QE results in currency wars

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... increase the supply of something then, all else being equal, the price should decline. " Global co-ordination and monetary easing across the developed market landscape suggest that the true effect of QE on the home currency is difficult to ascertain ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... Europe kept advances in check. An increase in risk appetite and speculation about possible fresh Bank of Japan monetary easing lifted the dollar and euro against the yen, which in turn provided a platform for the Nikkei index. Tokyo gained 0.89 per cent ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... sentiment was lifted by solid gains in Shanghai, where there are hopes the government will soon announce fresh monetary easing to boost the economy. Chinese markets are closed next week for the National Day holiday, which observers hope will provide ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... to keep its current ultra-low benchmark interest rate in place until mid-2015, and said it would continue its monetary easing efforts until it saw substantial improvement in the jobs market. LONDON - European stock markets mostly fell as dealers waited ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... expect will deliver fresh stimulus to kick-start the economy. Comments from China's prime minister hinting at monetary easing also gave a fillip, while traders were confident of a positive verdict in Germany as judges were set to rule on whether Berlin ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... KONG - Asian markets mostly rose after more weak Chinese manufacturing data fuelled hopes for a fresh round of monetary easing by Beijing. The downbeat figures out of China added to expectations of more stimulus measures in the United States following ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
... Paris's CAC 40 gained 0.86 per cent to 3,462.83 points, following a call by senior US Fed official for immediate monetary easing. The London stock exchange was closed on Monday for a bank holiday. In Milan the FTSE MIB index rose 0.89 per cent, while ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... mixed, with Tokyo the best performer as the yen weakened against the dollar owing to dimming expectations of fresh monetary easing by the US Federal Reserve. With few catalysts to drive action during the holiday season, trade was light on Thursday, although ...

Return to surplus may hit big business

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... not be considered a fait accompli. "Even though we're in a position at the moment where the Reserve bank is in a monetary easing phase, where interest rates are on a downward projection, there's no indication at all that households will spend the savings ...