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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
... there's that nexus between weaker news out of Europe and then creating greater compulsion on the part of the European Central Bank to do something more compelling in relation to stimulating growth but there's only so far that nexus can really take the ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
... 2.22 (0.05 per cent) to 4,484.93. Investors are looking to the Fed meeting, which begins on Tuesday, to see if the central bank will follow through on its plan to end its bond-buying program and offer any additional comment on its expectations to raise ...

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BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... consequences" for US growth? More so, because this comes at the same time that financial markets anticipate the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to ramp up their respective QEs. I guess we just have to wait for the Fed's fresh ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... 0.69 per cent to 4,128.90 points, while Frankfurt's DAX 30 index shed 0.66 per cent to 8,987.80 points. European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi at the EU summit in Brussels said states needed to make efforts to avoid the eurozone relapsing into recession. ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... said some investors were buying because they believe weak global growth prospects mean stimulus from the European Central Bank, while others see general value in growth prospects. "At either end of the spectrum, whether you're bearish on growth or bullish ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... following a surprising rise in US inflation while the euro edged up after falling on speculation that the European Central Bank will widen its bond-buying program. Tokyo on Thursday fell 0.37 per cent, or 56.81 points to 15,138.96, while Seoul lost 0.27 ...

Global deflation - the next worry?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
The details are still sketchy as I type but the shootings at Canada's Parliament in Ottawa may just have been the reason dip-buyers were waiting for to cash in the gains they bought during the previous week's bigger than usual dips. Not because of oil ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... Wednesday, finished firmer for the seventh consecutive session, adding more than one per cent after the European Central Bank indicated it could buy corporate bonds. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 60.9 points, or 1.14 per cent, at 5,385.9 points. ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... monetary stimulus in Europe and good home sales figures. Upbeat US home sales data and speculation that the European Central Bank may buy corporate bonds to tackle slowing inflation rates in the region boosted US markets overnight, CommSec market analyst ...

US$200b a quarter to keep the bulls going

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... we find that the ECB has started buying covered bonds and could even do more. Reuters reported that, "The European Central Bank is considering buying corporate bonds on the secondary market and may decide on the matter as soon as December with a view ...