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Conditions and confidence collide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... was taken in the month when global uncertainties seemed to have all come at once - Fed's final taper, China slowdown, eurozone triple dip, geo-politics, geo-health, falling iron ore and gold prices, increased financial market volatility. These may have ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... by comments from the head of the European Central Bank that it was ready to widen its stimulus program to support the eurozone economy. Tokyo on Friday rose 0.52 per cent, a day after easing for the first time this week on profit-taking. The index has ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
... signalled the central bank was readying further stimulus measures if needed to combat deflation and stagnation within the eurozone. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index closed up 0.18 per cent to 6,551.15 points, while the Paris CAC 40 jumped 0.46 per cent ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... 4,208.42 points. The gains erased losses posted Tuesday after the European Union slashed its economic forecasts for the eurozone. But equity markets brushed off news of sliding retail sales across the eurozone to join a rally by the greenback against ...

Why the eurozone cannot afford cheap oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... coming as it did at the same time that the European Commission (EC) downgraded its growth and inflation forecasts for the Eurozone. The EC now expects GDP growth of just 0.8% this year for the region (down from 1.2% estimated in May) and 1.1% in 2015 ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... previous month. LONDON - European markets fell sharply after the European Union slashed its economic forecasts for the eurozone, while the energy sector sank on plunging oil prices. London's FTSE 100 index closed down 0.52 per cent to 6,453.97 points ...

100% steady on the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... settings. The US economy continues to strengthen, China's economy's still slowing, deflation and a triple-dip haunt the Eurozone and Japan's economy remains work-in-progress. Nothing much has changed for Australia's economy too. Chances are, with a few ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... di Siena, had to be suspended for excessive losses after announcing it was considering a capital hike. Activity in the eurozone's manufacturing sector nudged higher in October as businesses cut prices, data showed Monday, but the gain was less than originally ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... bond-buying scheme known as quantitative easing (QE), had earlier also hit sentiment across global markets. Stocks in the eurozone's periphery of Athens, Lisbon and Madrid also slumped initially on renewed doubts over recent stress tests on the eurozone ...

ECB QE go riding on Fed QE stop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... likely, financial markets' ho-hum response is because the AQR has become dated. The growth and inflation outlook for the eurozone has significantly deteriorated since February when the ECB/ESRB (European Systemic Risk Board) published its baseline forecast ...