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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... Britain's jobless rate firmed to 7.2 per cent in the quarter to December, official data showed, easing pressure on the Bank of England to raise interest rates. The euro gained to $US1.3761 from $US1.3756 late in New York on Tuesday. HONG KONG - Asian ...

Confusing versus credible

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... is, guessing. I sorta touched on this lightly yesterday, but it's made the news today with the release of the Bank of England's (BOE) Quarterly Inflation Report. Imported BOE Governor Mark Carney is also doing a Yellen cum Bullard and "elaborated" on ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... 100 benchmark index gave up 0.25 per cent to 6,681.08 points on Wednesday, as investors also digested news that Bank of England policy makers were united in maintaining monetary policy earlier this month. The CAC 40 in Paris slid 0.09 per cent to 4,268.37 ...

CB onslaught

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... given an intimate look at the debates and discussions on monetary policy at the US Federal Reserve (Fed), the Bank of England (BOE) and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) when these central banks released the minutes of their October meetings. Dull ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... tumbled 1.44 per cent on Wednesday to 6,630 points as traders took a drop in unemployment and a statement by the Bank of England that Britain's economic recovery "has finally taken hold" as a sign that interest rates will rise sooner than expected. Frankfurt's ...

Move the goalpost Mark

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... -Dick Dastardly (Wacky Races) Sir Mervyn King must be ruing the day that he finished his term as governor of the Bank of England (BOE) only less than five months ago (June). Now it's a non-Briton who'll be given the credit for all the wonderful things ...

Victim of success

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... success. The bad news is that these positive developments are beginning to spark rate hike speculation despite the Bank of England's (BOE) 'forward guidance' that it would keep interest rates at their current low levels until the unemployment rate falls ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
... LONDON - European stock markets rose on solid economic data from the US as traders digested rate decisions from the Bank of England and the European Central Bank. Dealers also tracked developments in St Petersburg, Russia where a G20 summit about the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
... The stock market in Milan shut 0.93 per cent higher, while in Madrid, the exchange ended up 0.52 per cent. The Bank of England was also in the news after it announced a major policy shift, now targeting both unemployment and inflation. The new BoE head ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
... the lowest reading of weekly US jobless claims since January 2008 and decisions by the European Central Bank and Bank of England to maintain low interest rates. At 0756 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was up 41 points ...