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Not happy Jan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... bankers such as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) but more pointedly for the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the European Central Bank (ECB). RBA Gov Glenn presented his rationale before the Australian Parliament's economics committee on why the Fed should ...

Super Mario returns fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... the region. The euro dropped to as low as US$1.1085 while we slept after the Super one announced that the European Central Bank (ECB) raised the cap of sovereign bonds it could buy from 25% of each issue to 33%, QE will continue to proceed as planned ...

The man with the golden jawbone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... with the People's Bank of China's recent easing announcement and we got this make no mistake statement from European Central Bank executive board member and chief economist Peter Praet last night: "Developments in the world economy and in commodity markets ...

Gloom and doom news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... elevated - that prompted coordinated action by six of the world's biggest central banks - US Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Bank of Japan, Bank of England, Bank of Canada, Swiss National Bank. The only problem I have is determining if markets ...

One down, two to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
Following on from China's "rule of three", the ECB has three of its own. The minutes of the European Central Bank's (ECB) 15-16 July meeting revealed the three things that are keeping the governing council members awake at night - Greece, China and ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... Friday's close. The Greek government made a 4.2 billion euros ($A6.16 billion) loan repayment due to the European Central Bank on Monday as well as outstanding sums owed to the International Monetary Fund, both creditors said in statements. The euro ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... to $US1.0855 from $US1.0875 late on Thursday in New York. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly rose after the European Central Bank boosted emergency aid to Greece and eurozone chiefs agreed a bridging loan to the country, while Hong Kong and Shanghai rallied ...

Oxi Oxi Oxi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... philosophers. The question: "Should the plan of agreement, which was submitted by the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund in the Eurogroup of 25.06.2015 and is comprised of two parts that constitute their ...

ANALYSIS: The rise of the periphery

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... members. Of these, 19 belong to the Eurozone, a common currency region whose monetary policy falls under the European Central Bank (ECB) but whose fiscal policy mostly depends on the individual countries. It is no surprise then that fund managers never ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... Wall Street stocks have risen following a wave of mostly solid US data and a fresh confirmation of that the European Central Bank's economic stimulus program will continue. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 64.33 points (0.36 per cent) on Wednesday ...