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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... Bank of Australia holds its board meeting on monetary policy. All 15 economists surveyed by AAP have forecast the central bank to leave the overnight cash rate at 4.75 per cent. The Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association performance of ...

Citi sees ASX200 at 5300 in 2011

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... they expect inflation to remain stubbornly above the RBA's 2-3 per cent target range. As a result, they predict the central bank will be forced to raise rates by another 100 basis points over the course of the year, with the cash rate rising to 5.75 ...

Winter wonderland

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... week that its purchasing managers index continued to expand. "Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow." The European Central Bank's announcement that it would provide unlimited liquidity to governments and financial institutions and backed it with concrete ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... stronger-than-expected November sales results from US retailers and department stores. European markets also rose as the Europe Central Bank decided to continue stimulus measures in an effort to boost the Eurozone economy. "The stirrings of recovery ...

ECB relents, sort of

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
Why bring a rocket launcher to a fight when a BB gun would suffice. This must be what European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet last night when he announced only "small" measures to battle ongoing financial market tension in the Eurozone. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... buoyed by better than expected manufacturing data out of China, positive comments from the president of the European Central Bank and strong private sector employment data in the United States. "They're the three flashpoints of the world economy," he ...

Open fire roasted bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... PMIs for India, South Korea and Taiwan also showed manufacturing expanding in these countries. Two: The European Central Bank would do what it takes to preserve the euro-bloc - even if it has to go back on its commitment to withdraw "exceptional" stimulus ...

QIC sees stronger Aus equities in 2011

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... liquidity. The US is doing the opposite, and Europe remains another variable" he said. "And here in Australia we have a central bank that is concerned about inflation and raising interest rates" he said. Despite these challenges, Barnes said the he's ...

ECB to QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
... still here! If they - them that don't have the wherewithal to print money - survived, what more Europe? The European Central Bank can print money at will just like the Fed. You can worry all you like, but look at the end game. And the end game my friend ...

Turkeys, PIGS and Koreans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
... bail (out). The Financial Times Deutschland reported that most other governments in the eurozone and the European Central Bank are already pressuring Portugal to accept a bailout - much like a sacrificial lamb to save Spain. Lisbon officials naturally ...