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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
... 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 per cent ...

The waiting game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... 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 easy pickings ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... 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 markets ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... 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 ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... to open higher, following Wall Street and European markets which rebounded on regional economic data and European Central Bank talk that looser monetary policy could be in the offing. At 0810 AEDT on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract ...

Crimea makes it domestic

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... lights flashing on the screens of most major equity markets overnight. Not even next door neighbour - the European Central Bank (ECB) - is perturbed. It voted to keep interest rates unchanged overnight. According to ECB President Mario Draghi, "When ...

Catching the big wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... become a global currency and/or the next numero uno international reserve currency. That's exactly what European Central Bank Executive Board Member Yves Mersch thought - he's certainly no small beer - when he told the Renminbi Forum in Luxembourg last ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... remain unfazed by the lack of action at the ECB, while banking on further recovery in the eurozone. The European Central Bank held its key interest rates steady at 0.25 per cent with bank head Mario Draghi brushing off widespread talk that damaging deflation ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
... main stock markets retreated as investors digested weak Chinese economic data and a cautious outlook from European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi. However, the euro rallied on news that activity in the eurozone private sector economy hit a 31-month ...