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Counting up and counting down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... days that the US government is shut and counting down the days when the debt limit will be reached. The European Central Bank is too. In his Q&A session -- after the ECB Governing Council met and decided not to change monetary policy settings - president ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013
... stock markets fell but the euro soared against the US dollar as Italy averted a political crisis and the European Central Bank (ECB) signalled more efforts to boost eurozone recovery. With a US government shutdown pushed into a second day, dealers moved ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013
... Chancellor Angela Merkel's weekend election win in Germany - also retreated on Tuesday after the head of the European Central Bank (ECB) aired concerns about interest rates. Tokyo edged down 9.81 points to 14,732.61 on its first day of trading after ...

OMTs - one year on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... repercussions...You have to expect everything." It's a shame that this is happening almost to the day when European Central Bank President Mario Draghi announced the technical framework of his Outright Monetary Transactions (OMTs) programme on 6 September ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
... rose on solid economic data from the US as traders digested rate decisions from the Bank of England and the European Central Bank. Dealers also tracked developments in St Petersburg, Russia where a G20 summit about the world economy was being overshadowed ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... imports rose 10.9 per cent to $US168.2 billion, revealing some ongoing strength in the Chinese economy. European Central Bank President Mario Draghi's comments that the European economy appeared to be stabilising and fresh German trade showed a pickup ...

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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 ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
The Australian share market is set for a flat start after overseas markets lost ground as investors wait for major economic news coming out of the US later in the week. The September share price index futures contract is up four points at 5,014. In ...

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 ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... from Australian job ad numbers and overall employment figures, due out this week, and, later on Monday, European Central Bank boss Mario Draghi's speech on monetary policy in the troubled eurozone. The big miners were all weaker on Monday morning, with ...