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Whac-a-mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... unchanged from the initial estimate - for a year-on-year rate of 3.8 per cent. This is still way above the European Central Bank's (ECB) target of 2 per cent and therefore leaves little scope for an immediate rate cut by the inflation-conscious ECB. ...

Stagflation policy conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2008
... conditions are worsening and the banking system as a whole remains short of capital.' The same goes for the European Central Bank. In its monthly report, the ECB acknowledge that economic growth in the Eurozone would be weak in the second half of 2008 ...

This Week's Movers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... Australia (RBA) cut its benchmark interest rate last week. The Bank of Canada, the Bank of England and the European Central Bank kept monetary policy unchanged. The downtrend in commodity prices continued last week, pulling down resource and energy companies. ...

US payrolls jitters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... could reveal a result worse than the already severe 75,000 fall expected. Meanwhile, the outcome of the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England's (BoE) monetary policy meetings produced no real surprises for the financial markets. As expected ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... closed sharply lower on Thursday for the second day in a row, stricken by gloomy economic forecasts from the European Central Bank and weighed down by a slump on Wall Street. London's FTSE 100 blue chip index closed down 137.6 points, or 2.50 per cent ...

Weak growth confirms RBA cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... 52 in August - the lowest level since 2004. High inflation levels deter both the Bank of England and the European Central Bank from lowering interest rates to stimulate their respective economies - both are expected to keep monetary policy steady when ...

Three steadies and a cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... this week. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), The Bank of Canada (BoC), the Bank of England (BoE) and the European Central Bank (ECB) will each decide their respective economies' interest rate settings but only the RBA is expected to lower rates, the ...

Bad news galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
... burdensome for a state-run institution to play a leading role and take risks which may be more than financial." European Central Bank Governing Council member Yves Mersch hinted at new funding pressures for European banks, commenting that the ECB will ...

Growth and inflation updates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... 32.6 in the previous month. Europe: Following last week's 'no-event' on monetary policy meetings by the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England (BoE), European financial markets will be focused mainly on Eurozone GDP growth and inflation ...

Central Banks hold fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
The week of central watching finished with the Reserve Bank of Australia, the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England opting to hold monetary policy steady this month. Fixed income markets rallied overnight following unchanged ...