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ECB relents, sort of

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
Why bring a rocket launcher to a fight when a BB gun would suffice. This must be what European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet last night when he announced only "small" measures to battle ongoing financial market tension in the Eurozone. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... buoyed by better than expected manufacturing data out of China, positive comments from the president of the European Central Bank and strong private sector employment data in the United States. "They're the three flashpoints of the world economy," he ...

Open fire roasted bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... PMIs for India, South Korea and Taiwan also showed manufacturing expanding in these countries. Two: The European Central Bank would do what it takes to preserve the euro-bloc - even if it has to go back on its commitment to withdraw "exceptional" stimulus ...

ECB to QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
... still here! If they - them that don't have the wherewithal to print money - survived, what more Europe? The European Central Bank can print money at will just like the Fed. You can worry all you like, but look at the end game. And the end game my friend ...

Turkeys, PIGS and Koreans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
... bail (out). The Financial Times Deutschland reported that most other governments in the eurozone and the European Central Bank are already pressuring Portugal to accept a bailout - much like a sacrificial lamb to save Spain. Lisbon officials naturally ...

Chireland hurdled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... billion) that's the talk of the town. Europe would be at peace again... until the next debt scare. If only the European Central Bank did a proper stress test the first time around. Remember it? Just four months ago, the Committee of European Banking ...

Recycled fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... concerned about Europe and the re-ignition of sovereign debt crisis fears. But only if you think that the European Central Bank and the European Union would just sit idly by and watch its members burn. Same as the worry about China, we've been down this ...

Queuing for QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... top of 200 billion bond stimulus program already implemented. Juergen Stark, executive board member of the European Central Bank, told an interview that the bank would continue bond purchases "as long as necessary". And China? Neither hail, nor storm ...

Gotta love gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
We've been told that the US recession officially died 15 months ago and Wall Street, it seems, is no longer grieving. In fact, the S&P 500 index looks on track to claim its "biggest September gain in 71 years" - unless Bloomberg is mistaken, that is ...

Banks to raise capital reserves

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... will be introduced through 2015 while the leverage ratio is three years later in 2018. President of the European Central Bank and chairman of the group, Jean-Claude Trichet stated that the changes would contribute to long-term stability and growth. Other ...