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The Fed is Greek too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... over, betting has moved to September, or December, or March 2016. Janet told us so: "I want to emphasize, and I think the IMF would agree with this, that the importance of the timing of a first decision to raise rates is something that should not be ...

Plus ca change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... a bank run back in 2013, the ECB threatened to cut withdraw ELA funding to the Cypriots if they didn't comply with EU and IMF bailout plan. We know what happened then... Cyprus ate its pride and complied and then bailed. It seems not too long ago but ...

The unborn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... as there are concerted efforts to accelerate and deepen integration within the monetary union to make it more resilient." (IMF)...or that there would be limited contagion, "We don't think there would be a contagion effect if there was a Greek exit from ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... a warning from Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis that "an accident" in the bitter dispute between Greece and its EU-IMF creditors over unlocking vital bailout cash for Athens was drawing "dangerously close". That came as International Monetary ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... increased on Tuesday when Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras accused creditors of trying to "humiliate" his country and said the IMF bore "criminal responsibility" for austerity measures that plunged it into recession. His outburst comes after talks ...

Grexit nears, markets cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... ante and hardening their stances. Greek PM Tsipras accused Greece's creditors of wanting to humiliate the government - the IMF for its "criminal intent" and the ECB for insisting on a line of "financial strangulation". The response from 'the institutions' ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... reconsider its support for the tough reform measures demanded by the International Monetary Fund. "The time has come for the IMF's proposals to be judged in public... by Europe," Tsipras told Greek MPs on Tuesday, adding that the global lender bore "criminal ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... have sunk as eurozone officials reportedly discussed a "worst case" scenario of a Greek default, the day after key creditor IMF said they were far off reaching a deal. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies closed down 0.90 per cent at 6,784.92 ...

Another thrilla in Athena

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... headline on 20 February. The same thing happened leading up to the 5 June deadline for Greece to repay money owing to the IMF. "It's close to midnight and something evil's lurking in the dark... You hear the door slam and realize there's nowhere left ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... stocks have risen, with Greek shares soaring on optimism that Athens was finally close to a deal with its creditors before the IMF announced they were still "well away" from an agreement. Athens' main index had shot up 8.16 per cent to end Thursday at ...