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Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... underutilisation of their respective labour markets. There is nothing wrong with this. It makes sense. For as ECB President Mario Draghi eloquently laid out in his opening address: "No one in society remains untouched by a situation of high unemployment. ...

China's communist and it works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... we'll share the load Hand in hand we'll see each other through." -- Kenny Nolan, "Love's Grown Deep" Not long now, Super Mario Draghi must be beaming with excitement for his upcoming date with Janet Yellen this coming Friday - not to show off his Italian ...

Because I'm happy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... dropped to their lowest level since December 2012. Don't worry, be happy for the more worries the happier we'll be. Super Mario Draghi told us so... only two months ago. Here's what he said last June: "We think it's a significant package... Are we finished? ...

Not that time yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... monetary policy transmission mechanism." These were the words that came out of the European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi's lips barely two months ago, straight after the ECB announced a 10 bps reduction in the repo rate to 0.15% and a 10bps ...

ASIC obtains court orders against former Ballast adviser

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
The Federal Court in Perth has issued orders to restrain a former Ballast Financial Management authorised representative from providing financial advice and dealing in financial products. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) obtained ...

Run with bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... Committee tonight and the House Financial Services Committee tomorrow night. But before that, we've already heard ECB President Mario Draghi's comforting words. Just last night, Super Mario told the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs at the European ...

A sign from the holy spirit?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... inroads into reducing their debts and deficits. But my main witness comes in the form of three letters - OMT -- the one Super Mario announced back in August 2012. OMT or Outright Monetary Transactions involved the ECB undertaking outright open-ended ...

Good or bad, it's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... activity going forward. Though it'll also be good even if it doesn't for it increases the prospect that the ECB will QE. Super Mario said so. In his interview with Dutch daily De Telegraaf, ECB President Mario Draghi declared that quantitative easing ...

Everything but the kitchen sink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... both inflation and the economy northwards. But not with the promise of the kitchen sink to come as forward guided by Super Mario Draghi. "We think it's a significant package... Are we finished? The answer is no." "The Governing Council decided to intensify ...

Waiting for the ECB to exhale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... data on the state of inflation and unemployment may have just done it - that is, remove whatever doubts linger that Super Mario's coming back to save the eurozone. The European Central Bank (ECB) could be announcing something (anything) to ease monetary ...