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AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... markets mostly rose, with the US dollar again breaking 120 yen while the euro held on to gains after the European Central Bank shied away from fresh stimulus measures. Tokyo rose 0.19 per cent, or 33.24 points, extending their winning streak for a sixth ...

ECB came bearing no pre-Xmas cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... Savage's immortal 1959 classic "Maybe This Year" provides an apt background song heading into last night's European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council meeting - most particularly, her plea. "If you love me, make it this year Make it now..." But alas ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... At 0848 AEST on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was down two points at 5,370. The European Central Bank held its main "refinancing" rate steady at 0.05 per cent, as expected at its monthly policy meeting. But while its chief Mario ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... activity continued to expand" in the last two months. LONDON - The prospect of quantitative easing from the European Central Bank helped lift eurozone stocks, but London slipped as the government signalled more austerity measures despite higher growth ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
... Thursday for the Thanksgiving Day public holiday. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets closed flat after the European Central Bank signalled it could begin purchasing government bonds, but not until 2015. The Frankfurt-based ECB will be able to gauge ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... benchmark interest rates for the first time in more than two years to boost sagging economic growth. Also, European Central Bank president Mario Draghi signalled on Friday that new stimulus measures were being prepared to boost the flagging eurozone ...

Santa came to town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
... last Friday, but he was whispering hope and financial markets welcomed his voice. Speaking in Frankfurt, European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi promised that the ECB would "do what we must to raise inflation and inflation expectations as ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
... time in more than two years to boost sagging economic growth. LONDON - European shares shot up after the European Central Bank signalled it is ready to act quickly to deter deflation and China cut interest rates for the first time in more than two years. ...

Ruble trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... start of 2014. Currency depreciation might be what the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is hoping for and the European Central Bank (ECB) wants to lessen the threat of deflation... but not Russia. For Russia, like its BRIC amigo - Brazil - faces stagflation. ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... surge as a brief rally by the yen fizzled out. Traders were also buoyed by comments from the head of the European Central Bank that it was ready to widen its stimulus program to support the eurozone economy. Tokyo on Friday rose 0.52 per cent, a day ...