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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... rate at 1.25 percent, but may signal a further increase amid climbing prices in the 17-nation eurozone. And the Bank of England was forecast to keep its key lending rate at a record low 0.50 percent amid flat economic growth. Elsewhere in Europe, Milan ...

Up, down or sideways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... of the Century'? They have money to burn, money that not so long ago could only buy them half a fish and some chips in England. Now they could afford an extra sip of champagne to toast the 'royal occasion' and perhaps, a few spins around Europe. For ...

Unshaken and unstirred

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... consolidation of recent gains. The FTSE-100 index declined half a per cent. It could have easily dropped by more after the Bank of England decided to keep interest rates unchanged, confirming the bank's anxiety over its economy and that of its neighbours. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... months, denting hopes of a swift recovery for the faltering economy. Investors in London meanwhile were awaiting the Bank of England's latest monetary policy decision due on Thursday, but most expect the BoE to keep its key lending rate at a record-low ...

C'mon, Aussie, c'mon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... Japan has just recently doubled its asset purchase program. Despite UK inflation currently running at double the Bank of England's target, it could not raise interest rates willy-nilly because of its repercussions to an economy that is already reeling ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... have ongoing tensions in the Middle East though, so that still has the potential to affect risk appetite." The Bank of England is due to release minutes for its March Monetary Policy Committee meeting, during which it decided to keep interest rates at ...

Tightrope walker

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... central bank do when it's presented with weak economic activity and rising inflation? Such is the dilemma that the Bank of England (BOE) must confront. Financial market speculation of an imminent BOE rate hike may have been move further up the timeline ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... smaller rises on the Swiss bourse, 0.31 per cent, and in Amsterdam, which gained 0.26 per cent. In London, the Bank of England forecast on Wednesday that the British economy, which suffered a shock contraction in the final three months of last year ...

Headlining the core

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... and services continue to head north. Last night's report that UK inflation jumped to 4.0 per cent - double the Bank of England's target ceiling -- in the year to January from 3.7 per cent in the previous month has added tinder to the burning coals of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... gains and tried to get a fix on the outlook as political unrest in Egypt and the Middle East prompted caution. The Bank of England's decision to keep interest rates on hold was expected, although analysts said they believed the vote must have been close ...