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Watching the A$ watch the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
... prices -- and narrowing interest rates differential with the US (and Europe). Hey, wait for a moment! How could the Fed and the ECB be raising interest rates if the global economy - primarily their economies - is slowing? What's Bloomberg's point? Is ...

Happy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... expects Eurozone to grow by 1.7 per cent this year - almost double the 0.9 per cent it predicted back in May. This matches the ECB's growth forecast of between 1.4 and 1.7 per cent for 2010. Sure there'll be pain when the fiscal austerity measures bite. ...

Snakes and ladders

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... million euros. European government bond spreads blew out and equity markets sold off. Apart from the European Central Bank (ECB), who'll be willing - rather stupid enough - to lend to Europe? Worse, more banks would be required to hold more capital in ...

Stress test stress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
... groundbreaking that they've moved my favourite show, "Dancing with the Stars" one hour to accommodate "The Great Debate". But like the ECB stress test, it was a fizzer. Read today's papers and you'll find interpretation upon interpretation, inference ...

Down on old news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... hero". For sure, there were other reports that swayed financial markets in the up direction. The European Central Bank's (ECB) three-month Long-Term Refinancing Operation (LTRO) tender met with very low demand, suggesting that European banks are able ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... 4,916.87 points. European banks have hampered sentiment, with concerns about a liquidity shortfall when a European Central Bank (ECB) lending facility expires on Thursday, potentially leaving institutions with funding difficulties. Eurozone banks must ...

EOFYS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... 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 banks have ...

Mood change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... But whatever helps. And lastly we come to the epicentre of the 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 ...

Trillion dollar kitchen sink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... 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 currency-swap ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... - 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 that the problems ...