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ECB schedules taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
... (ECB) October monetary policy meeting ended financial market speculations over its QE exit strategy. ECB president Mario Draghi did what he telegraphed he would -- discuss QE unwind strategy in October - and offered something better - a clearer path ...

GSFM scores major alternatives partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
... owning alternatives; the demand is only going to increase as more people appreciate their benefits," he said. Since Mario Draghi "rang the bell in 2012 and asserted to do anything it takes to save Europe," he added, equity markets have been firmly in ...

Euro strength is a source of weakness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
It didn't happen overnight, but it did happen. European Central Bank president Mario Draghi's concern over the impact of the euro currency's appreciation, that is. Recall that the ECB had been conspicuous in its silence about the euro since its 20 July ...

ECB disengages from currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... the A$ (up 9.4%), the NZ$ (up 5.4%) and the rupee (5.9%). Yet, the European Central Bank (ECB) and its president Mario Draghi have so far been conspicuous in not voicing out their trepidation over the euro's sharp appreciation. Unlike in previous episodes ...

Eurozone gaining momentum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
... ECB is concerned about the durability and sustainability of inflation. This was explicitly stated by ECB president Mario Draghi, in the Q&A forum of his June press conference: "The four conditions are in the definition of our objective, which is a durable ...

The prescience of Super Mario

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... problem with this is that stronger economic growth has so far not translated into higher inflation and as ECB president Mario Draghi noted in the March governing council meeting, rising headline inflation mainly reflected "strong increase in annual energy ...

ECB nips the bud of rate hike speculations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... the 9 January meeting - speculations gathered greater momentum after a sentence was deleted out of ECB president Mario Draghi's "Introductory Statement". "If warranted to achieve its objective, the Governing Council will act by using all the instruments ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... or beyond, if necessary. When ask about the recent speculation about the ECB's tapering in his Q&A, ECB president Mario Draghi replied that this wasn't discussed at the meeting - "We haven't really touched on the issue at all". US existing home sales ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... 1.3% next year and 1.6% in 2018 - both unchanged from its March forecasts. In his press conference, ECB president Mario Draghi stressed that, "looking ahead, taking into account the current outlook for price stability, the Governing Council expects the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... 18.3%. Eurozone inflation After the ECB governing council met and kept policy unchanged last month, ECB president Mario Draghi remarked that the current policy is working but that "we must be patient". That patience might have just ran out with the final ...