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Chireland hurdled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... billion) that's the talk of the town. Europe would be at peace again... until the next debt scare. If only the European Central Bank did a proper stress test the first time around. Remember it? Just four months ago, the Committee of European Banking ...

Recycled fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... requirement by 50 basis points to 17.5 per cent from 17 per cent last week. Be very, very afraid... Beijing and its central bank would announce more tightening measures to bring down inflation back to its target of three per cent. And if you think it's ...

QE2 overstays welcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... unfortunate, and possibly place at risk the stature and independence of the Fed." "For the next eight months, the nation's central bank will be monetizing the federal debt." "This is risky business." Fed Governor Kevin Warsh also used his speech at the ...

Healing US, crouching Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
There just ain't no pleasing Mr. Market. No siree! The biggest and most powerful central bank in the world gave them lots and lots of play money to play with and now... this is all we get. Wall Street stalled despite last week's news that the US Federal ...

Amigos para siempre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... stopped offering residency to foreigners who buy property in the city, and increased land auctions to boost supply. The central bank said that it could take more "measures that are specific to the housing market if necessary." This one from the Banco ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... annual general meetings. On Tuesday, stronger bank stocks led the Australian share market slightly higher after the central bank defied expectations by lifting interest rates. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 2.9 points, or 0.06 per cent, at 4,701.4 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
... posted gains following stronger bank and mining stocks ahead of Tuesday's official interest rate decision by the central bank. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed up 36.9 points, or 0.79 per cent, at 4698.5, while the broader All Ordinaries index gained ...

The Cup, the RBA and the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... domestic economy would be much greater than just tearing up a losing ticket if the RBA gets it wrong. The Australian central bank is walking on a tightrope. Keep interest rates steady and it risk unleashing inflationary expectations. Australia's unemployment ...

Goldilocks QE2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... dealers what they want for an early Christmas. The Fed survey sought these respondents' projections on how large the central bank's asset purchases should be over the next six months, how it would affect yields, how often they expect the Fed to re-assess ...

Smaller QE2 is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... dismiss it as plain rumour mongering. But no! It was the venerable Wall Street Journal that broke the news. "The central bank is likely to unveil a program of U.S. Treasury bond purchases worth a few hundred billion dollars over several months, a measured ...