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A liquid Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... (central banks) got going. Six of the world's biggest central banks -US Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Bank of Japan, Bank of England, Bank of Canada, Swiss National Bank - sent financial markets soaring overnight. Whoops, better make it seven ...

Dangerous currents

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... following news that the European Central Bank, in coordination with the US Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan and the Swiss National Bank, is extending liquidity to banks in the Eurozone. Instead of the usual seven-day operations ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... consolidation in the market. Nothing dramatic has really changed overnight." Mr Ive said there was a rumour that the Bank of Japan may intervene again to stop the yen's rise. A strong yen is harmful to the Japanese economy because it reduces the value ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... rally on Wall Street, where the Dow jumped 1.25 per cent, its fourth straight gain. Tokyo took in its stride the Bank of Japan's quarterly Tankan survey, which showed business confidence among major manufacturers in June dropped to "minus nine" from ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... this week test the 10,000 points level as investors eye firms' recovery from the March 11 disasters, ahead of the Bank of Japan's "tankan" business survey, dealers said on Friday. In the week to June 24, the Nikkei index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange rose ...

Nobody wins against the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... "higher interest rates were likely to be required at some point." Next we head up north to Japan. Here, we'll hear Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa warning that the country is in a "severe state". It's still in deflation, it's got a huge public ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... also keeping an eye on upcoming earnings reports, looking for pointers to the impact of last month's disasters. The Bank of Japan in the afternoon warned that the economy faced "strong downward pressure" due to the quake-tsunami, and unveiled a one trillion ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... rising on a weaker yen. The Topix index slipped 6.76 points, or 0.78 per cent, to 862.62 points. Reaction to the Bank of Japan's tankan survey of business sentiment released before the market opened was limited, with attention instead on Monday's report ...

C'mon, Aussie, c'mon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... trends that are too low lead me to conclude that substantial policy accommodation continues to be appropriate." The Bank of Japan has just recently doubled its asset purchase program. Despite UK inflation currently running at double the Bank of England's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... 9,608.32 points. The Topix index closed up 37.74 points, or 4.54 per cent at 868.13 points. Also on Monday, the Bank of Japan pumped nearly $US25 billion more into the market as it continued an aggressive emergency fund operation following the March ...