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This Week's Market Movers (14-18 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... but the trend has clearly softened over the past few months. The recent 25 basis point rate hike by the European Central Bank (ECB) which took interest rates to a six-year high of 4.25 percent, and the Euro to record highs against the US dollar, will ...

Trouble at Threadneedle Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
... their way into the UK came overnight. After signaling in recent weeks that it is more likely to follow the European Central Bank (ECB) and tighten monetary policy rather than ease, the Bank of England (BoE) succumbed to the growing threat of an economic ...

US dollar slips after Federal Reserve cuts key interest rate

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
... and food prices have pushed Europe into "inflationary shock". Unlike the Fed and the Bank of England, the European Central Bank has not moved rates since last June despite a financial crisis that made banks reluctant to lend. Easing inflation and signs ...

Central banks try again to lift liquidity

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
... dimension to the plan is that the US Fed will increase the currency swap arrangements it put in place with the European Central Bank and the Swiss National Bank by US$10 billion (to US$30 billion) and US$2 billion (to US$6 billion) respectively. The ...

Oil sours economic rally

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... understood that high oil prices have staunched interest rates cuts in Europe where the Bank of England and the European Central Bank remain worried about high inflation. However, energy supply concerns are a guilt-edged sword. According to a recently ...

Conflicting rate calls

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
There's growing expectation among European economists that the European Central Bank (ECB) will be forced to follow the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England and start lowering interest rates. Ironically, iterations from executive board member Juergen ...

Operation auction squad

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2007
... quiet revolution is happening inside Australia's Reserve Bank. The Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the European Central Bank, the US Federal Reserve and the Swiss National Bank have just announced a new plan to create an auction system where term ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2007
... zone central banks fell by 108 million euros to 185.975 billion euros in the week ending October 12, the European Central Bank said on Tuesday. Gold holdings fell because of sales by two euro zone central banks. In investment news, India's largest mutual ...

Battling the bears

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2007
... lending it said, "banks indicated they had tightened their lending standards over the past three months." The European Central Bank did its best to calm rattled markets injecting another -$48billion ($77 billion) to liquidity, and the Federal Reserve ...

The price of pain

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
... (28.43 billion) cash injection on Thursday by adding another US$45.02 billion (45.02 billion), likewise the European Central Bank gave their patient another dose, this time 61.05 billion (99.08 billion). Friday also saw Bank of Canada tip C$1.64 billion ...