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BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... yields (in spite of the previous night's spike) have fallen heaps and European banks are repaying their LTRO loans from the ECB. But Europe being Europe, expect the unexpected to happen. France and Germany are at it again. French President Francois Hollande ...

It's happening

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013

Good, better, best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... return to growth looks to be on the cards during the first half of 2013." If Markit is correct, this is even better than the ECB's late 2013 growth comeback. The better. China hard landing is dead. In addition to the improved data on retail sales, industrial ...

Fed ECB BOJ, Unlimited

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013

Today we wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013

Repressed rally

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
... target of 2.0% and implement an open-ended asset-buying programme (and why not it seems to be working for the Fed and the ECB). These will be complimented by a massive fiscal spending programme by the government. So why the repressed rally atmosphere ...

Beggar me not my neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... leaders have in no uncertain terms expressed their desire to keep the yen low. And this last night from 'The Telegraph,' "The ECB has so far refused to act to curb euro strength, standing aloof as Japan, the US, Britain, Switzerland, Norway, New Zealand ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
... when the European single currency had hit a near 11-month high against the greenback following positive comments last week by ECB chief Mario Draghi on the outlook for the eurozone. HONG KONG - Asian shares were mixed on a lack of direction from Wall ...

Better 2013 outlook risks complacency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2013
... World Bank - and all other gloom and doom experts - predicted were it not for the counter-measures implemented by the Fed, the ECB, and the PBOC (and other major central banks) during the course of last year. But that's exactly the point. You don't expect ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013
... emerged from a drawn-out slumber, dealers said. This gave an early boost to European stocks, but this began to fade after the ECB, as expected, kept rates at a record low of 0.75 per cent, despite a new high in unemployment within the recession-hit 17-nation ...