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

Crimea makes it domestic

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... green 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 ...

Catching the big wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... yuan to 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 ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... traders 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 ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
... Europe's 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 ...

Reflation, rotation and the taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
... of the New Year. Still beaming from the afterglow of central bank largesse in the final quarter of 2012 - the European Central Bank unveiled an open-ended bond buying programme - "Outright Monetary Transactions" (OMTs); the US Federal Reserve announced ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
... the yen after approaching highs not seen for five years, while the euro continued to receive support from the European Central Bank's decision last week to delay cutting interest rates further. Tokyo slipped 0.62 per cent, or 96.25 points to 15,515.06 ...

Fund manager warns of 'Japanification' of Europe

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... optimistic view of the UK and the US, he took a very pessimistic view on Europe, pointing particularly to the European Central Bank's refusal to employ quantitative easing. "We think that the structural difficulties that Europe is facing means that the ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... will roll back its stimulus program soon. The euro fell further after a sell-off on Thursday in response to the European Central Bank's (ECB) surprise decision to cut eurozone interest rates, although investors seemed unmoved by news of a ratings downgrade ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
... Europe's major stock markets wavered and the euro tumbled against the US dollar, after a surprise decision by the European Central Bank (ECB) to cut its main interest rate to an all-time low of 0.25 per cent. Investors also digested news from across ...