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QE3, OMT, APP equals D-U-D?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012

UK becoming OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012

It's raining, it's pouring good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... remained at 2.1% last month. This should give the Bank of England breathing space if and when it decides to follow the Fed, the ECB and the BOJ down the quantitative easing path. The good news out of Europa doesn't stop here folks. ZEW Center for European ...

QE results in currency wars

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... approach taken has varied in its format across the developed world, we have seen non-traditional policy adjustments from the ECB, the Fed, the Bank of England, Bank of Japan, and Swiss National Bank." In just four years the balance sheets of the G3 central ...

Treats not threats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
... should, in our role as friends and partners, offer assistance and support." All these treats even before the Fed's QE3, the ECB's OMTs, the BOJ's APPs and recent interest rate reductions in Australia, Brazil and South Korea have fully work their way ...

More jobs, more jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... didn't pick up, it was a joke. But on a more serious note, I think the recent round of quantitative easing from the Fed, the ECB and the BOJ, along with the IMF, the ADB and the WB's downgrade to the global outlook, has increased the odds that the RBA ...

Failure is not an option

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... threat to downgrade India's credit rating to below investment grade. Just as failure is not an option for the Fed and the ECB and the BOJ and the...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... LONDON - Major European stock markets have hit a soft patch despite news of successful Spanish bond auctions and after the ECB and Bank of England kept their main interest rates unchanged. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies closed virtually ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... markets wavered with traders on edge amid heated speculation over a bailout for Spain and ahead of a policy meeting at the ECB. London's FTSE 100 index of top companies rose 0.28 per cent to 5825.81 points, Frankfurt's DAX 30 gained 0.22 per cent to ...

Spanish fly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... fortune and his less than 10-month old government. This is because it's only after Spain formally requests a bailout that the ECB could start purchasing Spanish bonds through its newborn OMTs which investors hope would short-circuit the further spread ...