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Euro strength is a source of weakness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... 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 meeting, and in that time, Draghi only made a passing ...

ECB disengages from currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... dollar so far this year - more than 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 ...

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 ...

Eurozone ascending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... contagion faded away - economic activity in the single currency area have gaining momentum. This is a fact not lost on ECB president Marion Draghi who declared after the bank's Governing Council meeting in April that, "It's true that growth is improving ...

The CPI report that confirms all biases

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... also that the headline inflation and the weighted median rates were below market expectations. Here, let me add ECB president Super Mario's prescient statement in March that rising headline inflation mainly reflected "strong increase in annual energy ...

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 ...