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Beggars at war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... can afford to stay on the sidelines for now - both have decent growth and decent inflation. Not so for the European Central Bank (ECB) with the region's growth still a crawl and with deflation threatening and the euro's continued appreciation against ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... rebels in the southeastern city of Mariupol, two days before separatists plan to go ahead with a referendum. European Central Bank president Mario Draghi strongly suggested the bank could ease monetary conditions in the euro area next month, saying the ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... energy stocks. Mr McCarthy said the US markets had flattened out after markets mulled over comments from European Central Bank president Mario Draghi that flagged potential stimulus measures for Europe. "The possibility of that occurring (stimulus measures) ...

Action! in June

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
European Central Bank president Mario Draghi appears to have dragged out his promised action on monetary policy long enough. While the ECB announced no changes in monetary policy after its Governing Council meeting last night - the benchmark rate at ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... Facebook (-1.1 per cent) and Apple (-0.7 per cent). LONDON - Europe's main stock markets closed higher after European Central Bank president Mario Draghi hinted that policymakers were prepared to cut rates in June. The euro hit a two-and-a-half-year ...

ECB to stay in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
Phew! That was close. No Virginia, we didn't hear this sigh of relief from European Central Bank president Mario Draghi yesterday, but we would have had the Fed's policy announcement and America's first quarter GDP growth update not drowned out the ...

Front-runners

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... happened last week. Yes Virginia, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept policy unchanged - as expected. The European Central Bank (ECB) guided forward but also stayed on the sidelines. US non-farm payrolls added another 192K in March from Feb but ...

The art of fighting without fighting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... Think it's safe to say that these two economists (or four, in case they aren't the same two) expected the European Central Bank (ECB) to announce that it's 24-member Governing Council has decided to ease monetary policy in the region this day. It doesn't ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... financial crisis started in 2008. Milan soared by 1.38 per cent and Madrid by 1.42 per cent. As expected, the European Central Bank kept its gunpowder dry again, holding its key "refi" interest rate at an all-time low of 0.25 per cent for the fifth month ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... after posting strong gains on Tuesday. "European markets were directionless today, in anticipation of the European Central Bank rate announcement and press conference tomorrow," said markets analyst Jasper Lawler at CMC Markets UK. The euro dipped to ...