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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... mixed following a soft lead from Wall Street, while Tokyo tacked on another huge set of gains after last week's surprise monetary easing by the Bank of Japan. Tokyo, which surged more than four per cent at the open, ended 2.73 per cent higher, adding ...

100% steady on the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... November, when the "Race that Stops the Nation' - the Melbourne Cup - meets with the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) monetary policy decision. I have lived in Australia (and Melbourne, at that) - for nearly 25 years and still, I can't really see and ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... Asian markets rallied and the US dollar pushed past 111 yen after Japan's central bank said it would expand its vast monetary easing scheme and the United States released forecast-busting economic growth data. Japanese stocks clocked up gains of almost ...

Goodbye QE, hello QQE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... biggest trick or treat this Halloween by expanding its QQE. The trick. Not even a full month before (7 October), in its monetary policy statement, the Japanese central bank told you, I and Irene that, "Japan's economy is expected to continue its moderate ...

Real stagflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... target since September 2010. The central bank's concern over the persistence of rising consumer prices is evident in its monetary policy action - it has jacked up its target SELIC rate nine times from 7.25% in April 2013 to 11.0% in April this year ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... 23,702.04. After a two-day meeting the US central bank's policy committee said it would bring an end to six years of monetary easing as the economy gets back on track. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index rose 14.305 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 5370.18.

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
... little changed as the market absorbed losses in petroleum stocks while looking ahead to a two-day US Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting. The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Monday rose 12.53 points (0.07 per cent) to 16,817.94. The broad-based S&P ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... Europe in response to reports that the European Central Bank might widen its stimulus program. Speculation about further monetary easing in the eurozone pushed the euro lower, while the US dollar gave up some of its US gains in early Japanese trade. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
The Australian share market has opened 1% higher after Wall Street rallied on talk of broader 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 ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... international markets shot up on strong Chinese economic growth data and rumours Europe's central bank will step up its monetary stimulus. At 0805 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 55 points at 5,366. Locally ...