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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
... wrong. 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. ...

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
... cent 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 ...

Better than good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... unleash more money to offset the expected "bad" after-effects of the higher consumption tax. So it is with the European Central Bank (ECB). It might be biding it's time, but markets are left without a doubt that it would announce its own form of stimulation ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... LONDON - Europe's main stock markets slid, with traders saying many investors stayed on the sidelines ahead of a European Central Bank interest rate decision. London's FTSE 100 ended down 0.26 per cent at 6,598.37 points. In Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.45 ...

The waiting game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... markets play the waiting game. Investors' attention would be on what the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the European Central Bank (ECB) would do after they met and deliberated on monetary policy this week... and Japan and China and America. It's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... 0.14 per cent to 4,379.06. The euro retreated to a three-week low against the dollar on heavy selling after the European Central Bank hinted at a further loosening of monetary policy in the eurozone to avert deflation, traders said. HONG KONG - Asia's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... said European markets recorded the strongest gains, thanks to speculation of looser monetary policy from the European Central Bank. "That's really fired up European investors," he said. Mr McCarthy said an improvement in commodity prices had also provided ...