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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... slipped as soft Chinese trade data added to an already sombre mood after last week's poor US unemployment figures. The Bank of Japan's decision not to unveil any fresh stimulus measures also depressed sentiment on Tuesday and pushed the yen higher, as ...

Wheel of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... responses to ensure that their predictions are wrong." Events proved us to be correct. Since then, we've seen the Bank of Japan, the Bank of England, the European Central Bank, the People's Bank of China and other Asian central banks, among others, implement ...

Recycled scares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... deterioration." Doesn't this sound a bit like the Fed's assessment, a bit like the Bank of England's, a bit like the Bank of Japan's, a bit like the European Central Bank, a bit like the People's Bank of China? The bottom line is that there was nothing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... benchmark index soared 2.30 per cent, or 208.27 points, to its highest close since August at 9,260.34 after the Bank of Japan on Tuesday said it would pump another $US130 billion ($A122.09 billion) into the country's anaemic economy. Seoul closed 1.13 ...

She's becoming right, mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... do it alone. He got help. Help from six big CB's plus one. The US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, the Bank of Japan, the Bank of England, the Bank of Canada and the Swiss National Bank announced that they were pumping more liquidity in the ...

Dangerous currents

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... following news that the European Central Bank, in coordination with the US Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan and the Swiss National Bank, is extending liquidity to banks in the Eurozone. Instead of the usual seven-day operations ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... consolidation in the market. Nothing dramatic has really changed overnight." Mr Ive said there was a rumour that the Bank of Japan may intervene again to stop the yen's rise. A strong yen is harmful to the Japanese economy because it reduces the value ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... rally on Wall Street, where the Dow jumped 1.25 per cent, its fourth straight gain. Tokyo took in its stride the Bank of Japan's quarterly Tankan survey, which showed business confidence among major manufacturers in June dropped to "minus nine" from ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... this week test the 10,000 points level as investors eye firms' recovery from the March 11 disasters, ahead of the Bank of Japan's "tankan" business survey, dealers said on Friday. In the week to June 24, the Nikkei index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange rose ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... also keeping an eye on upcoming earnings reports, looking for pointers to the impact of last month's disasters. The Bank of Japan in the afternoon warned that the economy faced "strong downward pressure" due to the quake-tsunami, and unveiled a one trillion ...