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Australian economy "professionally managed": World Bank

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... form the constitutional basis of the European Union. These treaties outline how the region is governed and the mandate of the ECB. Focusing on concerns about a slowdown in China, Basu said he was relaxed about the long-term prospects for the region but ...

Lotsa data but no game change (yet)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... the troika (yeah sure, like they won't and risk re-starting the crisis again). However, the bestest news would have to be ECB President Super Mario's repetition of his commitment to lower for longer interest rates. "The exit from our monetary policy ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
... market gains in Europe, where the European Central Bank said it remained accommodative to stimulating economic growth. The ECB also said risks to economic growth in the Eurozone were on the downside, spurring strong gains on European share markets, IG ...

Guiding it forward

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013

Ghosts? What ghosts?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... Lisbon's recovery. There's also Greece - it might not get the next tranche of its bailout worth a,-8.1 billion. The IMF/EU/ECB troika has given Athens three days (two days and counting now) to show it's continuing to meet its bailout conditions or it's ...

Once more from the top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... the afterglow of central banks' reassurances. More so after the People's Bank of China (PBOC) and the European Central Bank (ECB) replayed those commitments...just in case they missed it the first time. In the case of China, the PBOC not only talked ...

Oh how welcome thy voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... market rates has been caused by seasonal factors and which he expects "will gradually disappear". Hot on the PBOC's heels, the ECB also offered words of comfort (and meguess, mainly to head off further volatility in its region). In a speech in London ...

The coming 2013 crash according to Paul B. Farrell

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... And a Friday before a long weekend at that. I can report that taper's back off again. Nothing fresh, nothing new. Even the ECB and the BOE that met last night decided not to do anything with regards to their respective monetary settings. I can torture ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... kept rates on hold. At 0817 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was up three points at 4,786. The ECB on Thursday kept its key refinancing rate unchanged at an all-time low of 0.50 per cent in a widely anticipated move. Also as ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... per cent to 3,852.44 points. The euro rose to $US1.3089 from $US1.3079 late in New York on Tuesday, and before Thursday's ECB interest rate call on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian markets fell, taking a negative lead from Wall Street as data showed the US ...