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The song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... the future. It was status quo all around. The songs remain the same. The Reserve Bank of Australia, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England all kept monetary policy thingies as they were a few days ago. The song remains the same for Europe ...

Failure is not an option

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
It's been a month -- or thereabouts -- since the European Central Bank -- followed by the US Federal Reserve followed by the Bank of Japan -- gave financial markets what they wished, prayed and hoped for and fired the first salvo of quantitative easing. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... would ask for help for nearly a month. Spain needs to ask for money from Europe's bailout fund before the European Central Bank can start buying Spanish government bonds. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets ended a day of see-saw trading with losses ...

Spanish fly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... not" guessing came, another one comes along. We played the game last month. Those we bet on to do did. The European Central Bank announced Outright Monetary Transactions. Germany's court found that the EFSF/ESM is in accord with the country's constitution. ...

Pick your poison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... liquidity being pumped into the system by three of the world's major central banks - the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan - markets appear unconvinced. Wall Street was down again with the S&P 500 index dropping by 1.1% ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... housing data and Japan's extra economic stimulus following similar moves from the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index ended the day up 0.35 per cent at 5,888.48 points, while in Frankfurt, the Dax 30 was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... per cent. Spain's long-term borrowing costs rose above the six per cent level for the first time since the European Central Bank announced a new bond-buying program to help eurozone countries. The yield on 10-year Spanish bonds rose to 6.007 per cent ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... by concerns over growth in the world's two biggest economies. The euro, which surged on Friday after the European Central Bank (ECB) announced a bond-buying plan to help under-pressure nations, eased slightly in early Asian exchanges on Monday. Tokyo ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... a further round of economic stimulus later this week, on top of similar measures already unveiled by the European Central Bank (ECB) last week, was behind the early gains. "That's feeding into stronger performances in the commodities-related stocks," ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... and the euro rose, taking poor US jobs data in their stride and extending the previous day's rally on the European Central Bank unveiling a plan to aid troubled eurozone nations. Frankfurt's DAX 30 added 0.66 per cent to 7214.5 points, a 2012 high point ...