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The waiting game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... would take - negative deposit rates, asset purchases, forward guidance, etc. - on the back of the growing threat of deflation in the region. Each time, the ECB disappointed, opting to keep policy unchanged. Speculation is again for the ECB to ease - ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... heavy selling after the European Central Bank hinted at a further loosening of monetary policy in the eurozone to avert deflation, traders said. HONG KONG - Asia's markets were mixed, with Japanese shares boosted by a weaker yen, although traders remained ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following Wall Street and European markets which rebounded on regional economic data and European Central Bank talk that looser monetary policy could be in the offing. At 0810 AEDT on Wednesday, the June ...

You go NZ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Extra! Wheeler has just wheeled out of the club this morning. Oh sorry, that's Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor (RBNZ) Graeme Wheeler to us. And heavens bless his soul, else I would be stuck repeating the oh so many ...

Bottoms up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... copper -- the risk to Japanese growth after the consumption tax is lifted from 5% to 8% next month, and threatening deflation in the eurozone, among others. The positive correlation between the uptrend in the S&P 500 index and growth in the US Federal ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... The lift in demand -- along with the yen's decline - has, in turn, lifted consumer prices and turned Japan's years of deflation into inflation. The annual rate of change in core consumer prices turned from negative to zero back in May last year and was ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... its key interest rates steady at 0.25 per cent with bank head Mario Draghi brushing off widespread talk that damaging deflation was becoming a threat. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index ended the day up 1.55 per cent at 6,558.28 points. Frankfurt's DAX ...

I swear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... putting pressure on Japanese exporters and soon, the Japanese economy and soon, offset the BOJ and Abe's fight against deflation. And don't look ma... the Australian dollar is starting to strengthen again and that's even in the midst of speculation (again) ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... edged up against the yen after falling in New York in response to weak eurozone inflation figures that added to fears of deflation in the currency bloc. Tokyo fell 1.98 per cent, or 295.40 points, to 14,619.13 and Seoul slipped 1.09 per cent, or 21.19 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... 4874.58. Hong Kong, Shanghai, Seoul, Taipei, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila and Singapore were closed. Japan's fight against deflation had a boost after official data showed consumer prices rose 0.4 per cent last year, the first annual rise since 2008. ...