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Greece still matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... and Spain - time to get their houses in order. This is the same hope expressed by European Central Bank President Mario Draghi last night. While he thinks that the outlook for the single currency area economy "is still subject to downside risks," recent ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... slumped 1.5 per cent at the open, wiping out December's gains to date, after the European Central Bank President Mario Draghi dampened speculation the ECB would boost its bond purchase program to help distressed European countries. "The structural imbalances ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... 1,234.35, and the Nasdaq lost 52.83 points, or 1.99 per cent, to 2,596.38. "Comments from European Central Bank president Mario Draghi cooled hopes that the central bank will step up its bond-buying efforts," Charles Schwab analysts said in a client ...

Sovereigns need not apply

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... heard of the phrase, "don't lend credence to a rumour until it is officially denied"? The fresh prince of the ECB, Mario Draghi, just did that - officially denied weeks of gossip that it's gonna mint fresh euros. Sovereigns need not apply. Following ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... governments. The European Central Bank will not act as lender of last resort for struggling eurozone countries, its chief Mario Draghi insisted on Thursday, but left the door open to other measures if governments agree on budgetary consolidation. HONG ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... decision earlier to cut interest rates a quarter of a point to 1.25 per cent, a shock move by the bank's new chief Mario Draghi. While the cut initially sent the euro lower the common currency soon rebounded, helped by the news from Greece. WELLINGTON ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
... point cut to 1.25 per cent was even more unexpected as it came at the first policy meeting chaired by new ECB chief Mario Draghi - known as 'Super Mario' in his native Italy for his self-assured record. The gloomy and increasingly uncertain backdrop ...