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EOFYS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... 1990s. Next stop, Europe. Yes, there's an OMG moment there too. There the worry is about the expiration of the European Central Bank's (ECB) lending program that was introduced last year to provide liquidity and encourage private sector lending. European ...

Mood change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... current crisis that is Europe. Financial markets welcomed the ECB's raised economic projections for the region. The European Central Bank (ECB) predicts that the Eurozone economy will grow by around 1 per cent in 2010 instead of 0.8 per cent. Big deal ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... laid-off workers are starting to find jobs. LONDON - European stock exchanges ended higher on Thursday after the European Central Bank left interest rates at a record low and promised short-term liquidity to the financial sector. An upbeat report from ...

Nein to naked shorts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... political meddling. Then the euro was born, and Germany's Bundesbank gave up control of monetary policy to the European Central Bank -- the institution whose reputation for political independence is now being questioned. So what's a German to do to defend ...

Shocked, not awed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010
... package -- not worth US$1 trillion anymore given the euro's decline -- includes loan guarantees on sovereign debts, European Central Bank purchases of government and corporate bonds and provision of unlimited credit to European banks. The US Federal ...

Trillion dollar kitchen sink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... a,-250B from the IMF -- shall be made available to members in financial stress. And if these were not enough, the European Central Bank (ECB) will start buying bonds of distressed Eurozone countries. Still not enough? The Fed has reopened its emergency ...

Death by algorithm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... debt crisis. But this might be resolved through concerted action by the G-20 and/or quantitative easing by the European Central Bank. Or perhaps... China could buy Greece. In the end, this correction could prove to be another good entry point for investors ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... points. LONDON - European stock markets lost ground on Thursday as remarks on the Greek crisis by the head of the European Central Bank (ECB) failed to reassure anxious investors. ECB head Jean-Claude Trichet ruled out a Greek debt default and insisted ...

Global Sovereign Crisis

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
... Strauss-Kahn was quoted in Le Parisien saying that, "There is always a risk of contagion." This is echoed by European Central Bank council member Axel Weber warning that there is a threat of "grave contagion effects." But I think OECD Secretary General ...

Troubled Greece to freeze pensions

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... help revive its ramshackle economy. Greece reached the agreement with the IMF, the European Commission, and the European Central Bank in early May. The $157 billion financing package came with conditions, including budget cuts, a freeze in wages and ...