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A lesson against austerity

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... what is good is well, good'. The Fed will keep on giving until growth becomes sustainable. Not if the European Central Bank (ECB) bends to expectations for a rate cut later this week. With inflation easing to a three-year low of 1.2% in April and the ...

Don't be disappointed if the ECB disappoints

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
... European stock markets are happy for Christmas is coming soon - it'll be here on the 2nd of May when the European Central Bank (ECB) spreads good cheer in the form of a 25 bps (maybe 50?) reduction in interest rates. The continuing recession in the region ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... posting slower than expected growth capping a week in which indices have risen strongly on expectations of a rate cut by the ECB. London's FTSE 100 index of leading companies ended Friday down 0.25 per cent to 6,426.59 points, while in Frankfurt the ...

On austerity, growth and expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... this year, perhaps even next year. Not if you've seen the disappointing US stats released over the past weeks. And yes, the ECB would decide to lower interest rates. It has seen that nothing much has changed the economic malaise afoot in the Eurozone. ...

It's the headlines, you twit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... gives the IMF's recent downgrade to global growth (published last week), it now has a spin of optimism built into it - the ECB would be spurred "to do more to boost growth". But wait, perhaps there's still a lesson to learn from last night's events. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... earnings and brushed aside weaker-than-expected economic data out of Germany and China, seeing it as adding pressure on the ECB to act. London's FTSE 100 index of leading companies rose two per cent to 6406.12 points on Tuesday, while in Frankfurt the ...

2011 and 2012 Redux?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... 3,726.16. On Wednesday those two markets had lost 0.87 per cent and 1.32 per cent, respectively. In Frankfurt, the head of the ECB told a news conference: "Weak economic activity has extended into the early part of the year and a gradual recovery is ...

All eyes and ears on Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013

First quarter (w)innings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2013
... 1,474 bps (Greece) - yes, that's over a thousand bps -- jump in Q1 2012 before "whatever it takes" found its way into the ECB's lexicon. And for good measure, the dynamic duo of Japanese PM Shinzo Abe and new BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda joined the "whatever ...