Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 281 - 290 of 655 results for "ECB"

Carried away by the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014

Recycling the same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... from 102.1 in July. But never you mind, these only bring us closer to Mr. Draghi acting on his promise at the Hole that the ECB is "ready to adjust the policy stance further" and would employ "all the available instruments needed to ensure price stability". ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... was just short of its closing record high. In Europe, markets firmed as they position for the next European Central Bank (ECB) announcement on economic stimulus. IG Markets strategist Stan Shamu said strong US economic data and potential stimulus in ...

Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... the slack, the underutilisation of their respective labour markets. There is nothing wrong with this. It makes sense. For as ECB President Mario Draghi eloquently laid out in his opening address: "No one in society remains untouched by a situation of ...

Putin pontificates peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... the first quarter - zero percent growth that time and zero percent in June. But fear not doughnut, it would just push the ECB to go the way of the Fed and QE the problem away. And besides, the downward pressure on global growth created by the geo-political ...

Because I'm happy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... biggest economy of the Eurozone decelerated to an annual rate of 0.8% in July - the lowest since February 2010 and below the ECB's 2.0% target - from 1.0% in June. This followed the previous day's ZEW survey revealing that German investor confidence ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... - Europe's main stock markets fell, weighed down by concerns of escalating tensions between the West and Russia, after the ECB left its monetary policy unchanged. Frankfurt's main DAX index dropped 1.0 per cent to 9,038.97 points, while in Paris the ...

Not that time yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... functioning of the monetary policy transmission mechanism." These were the words that came out of the European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi's lips barely two months ago, straight after the ECB announced a 10 bps reduction in the repo rate ...

Run with bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... Banking Committee tonight and the House Financial Services Committee tomorrow night. But before that, we've already heard ECB President Mario Draghi's comforting words. Just last night, Super Mario told the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs ...

A sign from the holy spirit?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... dip-buyers (if I had the money to buy the dips with). For this time - dare I say it - it's different. The European Central Bank (ECB) and the member governments of the Eurozone have learnt their lessons - they've been here before. Surely, they know what ...