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Liquidity evaporates

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2007
... brokerage shares to their worst rout since 2002. Overnight, evaporating liquidity in money markets saw the European Central Bank, and the US Federal Reserve forced to inject cash into the banking system to buoy the drowning markets. The ECB injected ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2007
... cent, to 2,575.98. LONDON - The UK's leading share index rose 0.8 per cent as the Bank of England and the European Central Bank kept interest rates on hold, and a raft of upbeat earnings helped lift global equities. The FTSE closed up 49.7 points, or ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2007
... cent. The Bank of England increased interest rates by 25 basis points to 5.75 per cent overnight while the European Central Bank (ECB) left rates steady at four per cent. In his accompanying statement, ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet said "it is not ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
... sectors such as utilities and banks also pulled the major indices lower after an interest-rate rise by the European Central Bank underscored the trend of rising rates. The two-day sell-off in stocks comes just days after the S&P 500 had completed its ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2007
... it benefited from the best growth in exports for a decade of 14 per cent. In other international news the European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged at 3.75 per cent. Final digestion of the data shows that Eurozone GDP growth for the third quarter ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2007
... last quarter and contributed to the CPI move of 1.8 per cent over the last year. This helps explain why the European Central Bank has increased interest rates in the last few days.

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2006
... the last year on a seasonally adjusted basis and departures from Australia were up by 4.1 per cent. The European Central bank has decided to lift interest rates for the European Union by 0.25 per cent to 3.25 per cent which is the highest rate in about ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2006
... the last year on a seasonally adjusted basis and departures from Australia were up by 4.1 per cent. The European Central bank has decided to lift interest rates for the European Union by 0.25 per cent to 3.25 per cent which is the highest rate in about ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2006
... market is expected to open weaker, following a surprise lift in rates by the Bank of England (BOE) and the European Central Bank (ECB). On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0738 AEST, the September share price index contract was down 11 points points at ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2006
... which fell to its lowest level in more than a year against the euro amid increased speculation that the European Central Bank (ECB) will raise interest rates by 50 basis points this week. A continued depreciation in the greenback poses problems for the ...