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Santa came to town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
... Friday, but he was whispering hope and financial markets welcomed his voice. Speaking in Frankfurt, European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi promised that the ECB would "do what we must to raise inflation and inflation expectations as fast ...

Quo vadis dollar-A?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... nothing... much. Monetary policy expectations would remain as they are - the Fed and the BOE would begin lift-off by next year; the ECB could announce QE; the BOJ would continue QQE; and the PBOC (depending on how much slower the Politburo could tolerate ...

Ruble trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... have done it for him days before Vlad left for China. On 5 November - a day after the Melbourne Cup and one day before the ECB policy decision - the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) announced the end of its currency intervention policy. But not quite, it'll ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
... Composite Index tacked on 17.75 (0.38 per cent) at 4,638.47. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets shot up and the euro dropped as ECB chief Mario Draghi signalled the central bank was readying further stimulus measures if needed to combat deflation and ...

A trillion euros is in the mail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
... What had been a mathematically-derived, guessed at and/or expected a,-1 trillion expansion in the European Central Bank's (ECB) balance sheet has just become fact - ECB President Mario Draghi promised - and it's unanimous. Most would have probably read ...

Why the eurozone cannot afford cheap oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... growth... Perhaps, by publishing its downgraded growth and inflation forecasts two days before the European Central Bank (ECB) policy meeting, the EC is giving the ECB a wink, wink, nudge, nudge that it's time. Time for QE. Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps. ...

100% steady on the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... month, there have been sea changes in other central banks' policies since the RBA's October meeting: The European Central Bank (ECB) announced the operational details of asset-backed securities and covered bond purchase programmes (2 October); the US ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... slumped initially on renewed doubts over recent stress tests on the eurozone bank sector. But losses were later capped by the ECB's asset purchase announcement. The euro was trading at $US1.2624, down from $1.2634 in New York late on Wednesday. HONG ...

QEnd is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... the relativities of the US Federal Reserve no longer printing fresh mints at the same time that the European Central Bank (ECB) is expected to roll out its money printing machine and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) anticipated to print some more. The Fed killed ...

ECB QE go riding on Fed QE stop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... and old London town are on high alert. But methinks none could be higher on the alert scale than the European Central Bank (ECB). Yes, them - the one which teamed up with the European Banking Authority (EBA) in conducting a year-long review of European ...