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Trichet to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
"Efxaristo para poli!" That's Greek for thank you very much. What in the world could possibly make European Central Bank President (ECB) Jean-Claude Trichet abandoned the summer sunshine in Sydney - and the company of the 23 other central representatives ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... European Union will help Greece manage its growing debt burden. Global markets bounced back on reports that European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet is changing his travel schedule to attend a meeting of EU officials on Thursday. The move ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... after two months of growth. Sentiment on European exchanges earlier in the day had been supported by the European Central Bank's decision to hold eurozone interest rates at a record low 1.0 per cent while starting a process to withdraw some of the special ...

L-U-V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... unconvinced. And so LUV was born. L - is for the developing market consensus on the Eurozone. The rationale? The European Central Bank (ECB) is becoming more and more impatient about withdrawing stimulus. At week's end, President Trichet indicated that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... downgrade of eight microchip companies, including Intel and Texas Instruments, kept the market jittery. European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet's warning that "it is too early to declare the (financial) crisis over" also made investors nervous ...

Optimism may not be enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... recorded in the previous month. The fragility of the Eurozone's economic outlook is the main reason behind the European Central Bank's (ECB) decision to keep interest rates at a low 1.0 per cent - where they have been since May 2009 - when its Governing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... markets made modest gains on Thursday, powered by positive US employment data and upbeat comments from the European Central Bank on eurozone growth prospects. In London, the FTSE 100 index rose 17.75 points, or 0.35 per cent, to close at 5,125.64. FRANKFURT ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... sank 34 per cent. Shares in BP ended the day 4.81 per cent higher. Banking stocks fell sharply after the European Central Bank said that bank lending to the private sector in the 16 countries that use the euro currency shrank in September for the first ...

Our fearful trip is done

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
... before the 1990/91 recession ended. They fell by 19 per cent before the 2001 recession ended. Meanwhile, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England are keeping their sails aloft, determined to reach dry land. Both kept interest rates unchanged ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
... with investors tested by a mixed US employment report after encouraging words from the heads of the IMF and European Central Bank. The gains were welcome after a four-day losing streak on concerns tentative signs of recovery could be snuffed out by rising ...