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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... public holiday. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets closed higher Monday, the start of a pivotal week for the region with the ECB forecast to announce fresh stimulus measures and Greece holding a snap election. In London the benchmark FTSE 100 index ...

So sure it's certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... (breathing or otherwise) - that four days from now, on 22 January, you, I and Irene would hear the European Central Bank (ECB) announce two letters to the whole wide world. The letters "Q" and "E". No more maybes. In the words of American author Robert ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... trend change" and that investor anxiety remains elevated. LONDON - European stocks have pushed higher on fresh signals the ECB will launch a bond-buying stimulus program next week, while the euro plunged below $US1.15 for the first time in more than ...

SNB dismantles defense

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
... Swiss central bank has received a wink, wink, nudge, nudge from its peer and next door neighbour, the European Central Bank (ECB), that one week for now it'll be setting QE a-sail. We know what this means, ey Virginia? There'll be greater downward pressure ...

Auld lang syne

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
... the euro area now printing in the negative (minus 0.2% in the year to December), it's only now a matter of time before the ECB launches QE. I don't doubt the ECB's determination to restart the region's economy, although questions remain whether or not ...

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 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street fluctuated, not moving far from its previous records after the ECB stopped short of announcing new stimulus measures. At 0848 AEST on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... targets rather than growth forecasts being revised upwards. Eurozone government bond yields fell on the expectations of the ECB jumping into the market, with the rate of return to investors on Spain's 10-year bond hitting a record low of 1.804 per cent. ...

Sliding oil price would stop the slide in the oil price

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... current low inflation environment into outright deflation. This wouldn't be swell. But already, the big central bankers - the ECB, the PBOC and the BOJ - are pre-empting (and are likely to act some more) this from taking hold. And surely, the Fed and ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... oil cartel decided not to cut output despite a supply gut, ending off 0.09 per cent at 6,723.42 points. A signal by a senior ECB official on Wednesday that the central bank could begin major purchases of government bonds of eurozone countries sent the ...