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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
... eurozone and China, 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 ...

Australian economy "professionally managed": World Bank

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... Federal Reserve were superficial in the face of what may still arise from the eurozone debt crisis. "The European Central Bank has calmed markets by saying it would do whatever it takes to ensure the survival of the currency but the Lisbon Treaty does ...

Improving picture paints a taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... other central banks to follow suit. Not the Bank of Japan - it's only just begun -- and certainly not the European Central Bank and the Bank of England. Both of 'em provided "forward guidance" after their policy meetings last week. Both couldn't be more ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... LONDON - European stocks slumped, spooked by US jobs data and a day after surging on clear signs that the European Central Bank and the Bank of England would keep interest rates low for some time. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of leading companies ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
... Independence Day holiday overnight, and local investors have followed market gains in Europe, where the European Central Bank said it remained accommodative to stimulating economic growth. The ECB also said risks to economic growth in the Eurozone were ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... after a report that Greece's bailout lenders, the International Monetary Fund, the European Union and the European Central Bank, had given Athens three days to demonstrate its reforms were still on track. LONDON - European stock markets fell in low volume ...

Once more from the top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... in the afterglow of central banks' reassurances. More so after the People's Bank of China (PBOC) and the European Central Bank (ECB) replayed those commitments...just in case they missed it the first time. In the case of China, the PBOC not only talked ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... market looks set to open flat after erratic swings on Wall Street and falls on European bourses after the European Central Bank and Bank of England kept rates on hold. At 0817 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was up three points ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... sharply lower, with sentiment hit by weak eurozone data on the eve of an interest rate decision from the European Central Bank as well as fears the Fed will begin cutting monetary stimulus. Official data showed the 17-member eurozone stuck in recession ...

Li gets what Li likes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... growth in the economy. How's that bad for the equity markets? Speaking of doublespeak, there was none at the European Central Bank (ECB). ECB executive board member Joerg Asmussen made sure his message was not misunderstood lest punters take their selling ...