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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
... major stock markets wavered and the euro tumbled against the US dollar, after a surprise decision by the European Central Bank (ECB) to cut its main interest rate to an all-time low of 0.25 per cent. Investors also digested news from across the Atlantic ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
... to 3,931.95. LONDON - Europe's major stock markets mostly rose on the eve of the latest decision from the European Central Bank, buoyed by hopes of a eurozone interest rate cut. At close in London on Wednesday, the FTSE 100 index of leading shares was ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
... eurozone growth and unemployment. The euro came under further selling pressure as investors bet that the European Central Bank (ECB) would cut interest rates on Thursday following soft eurozone inflation data last week. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index ...

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LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... sales. The euro made a small gain on Monday after suffering selling pressure last week on expectations the European Central Bank (ECB) will cut interest rates at its next meeting on Thursday. Sydney slipped 0.38 per cent, or 20.6 points, to close at ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
... a second day running against the US dollar on talk of a possible cut to eurozone interest rates when the European Central Bank (ECB) meets next week - and in the wake of falling inflation across the single-currency area, analysts said. London's benchmark ...

Investor interest shifts to European credit

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... reasons for this are the fact that "Europe is gradually but surely leaving its problems behind with the European Central Bank becoming a lender of last resort and most countries reducing their structural deficit." "Economic growth is picking up and the ...

Counting up and counting down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... days that the US government is shut and counting down the days when the debt limit will be reached. The European Central Bank is too. In his Q&A session -- after the ECB Governing Council met and decided not to change monetary policy settings - president ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013
... stock markets fell but the euro soared against the US dollar as Italy averted a political crisis and the European Central Bank (ECB) signalled more efforts to boost eurozone recovery. With a US government shutdown pushed into a second day, dealers moved ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013
... Chancellor Angela Merkel's weekend election win in Germany - also retreated on Tuesday after the head of the European Central Bank (ECB) aired concerns about interest rates. Tokyo edged down 9.81 points to 14,732.61 on its first day of trading after ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
... 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 world economy was being overshadowed ...