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Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... to modest-to-moderate growth during April and May after stalling in the first quarter of the year. ECB President Mario Draghi praised the bank's stimulus policies and said there were no plans to end them more quickly than planned. "As long as you have ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... Europe's equities have closed down, losing steam after an early rally on the back of European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi's vow to continue its stimulus program for "as long as needed" to stabilise prices. The mood of investors turned sour in afternoon ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... drag on US exports. LONDON - German and French stock markets rebounded sharply after upbeat comments from ECB head Mario Draghi but the euro struck a 12-year low on expectations of a US rate hike. Frankfurt's DAX 30 index shot above the 11,800 level ...

The die is cast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... what Julius Caesar exclaimed when he crossed the river Rubicon back in 49 BC. The same phrase that ECB president Mario Draghi must be uttering to himself as he began spending the first euro of his a,-60 billion a month quantitative easing programme today. ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... September 2003 - after trading at $US1.1080 late in New York on Wednesday. The euro's further tumble came after ECB chief Mario Draghi said the bank will start buying government debt in its new quantitative easing program on Monday. At closing, London's ...

Deflation is the Darth Vader of the economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... dissipate". This gave me an eerie sense of dA(C)jA vu. For it was around this time last year, in Davos, that ECB president Mario Draghi also poo-poohed the risk of deflation. This was Rueters' headline on 24 January 2014, "ECB's Draghi doesn't see deflation ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... 77.7 points, or 1.44 per cent, at 5,468.2 points. After a much-anticipated policy meeting on Thursday, ECB chief Mario Draghi said the central bank would buy 60 billion euros ($A84.72 billion) a month of private and public bonds from March until September ...

ECB came bearing no pre-Xmas cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... love me, make it this year Make it now..." But alas, financial markets got no actual display of affection from Super Mario Draghi... only a kicking of the promises can further down the first quarter 2015 road. "Should it become necessary to further address ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... its main "refinancing" rate steady at 0.05 per cent, as expected at its monthly policy meeting. But while its chief Mario Draghi said the ECB had stepped up preparations for more anti-deflation measures, these will be reassessed only in January. In local ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... confirmed that the German economy grew 0.1 per cent in the third quarter, narrowly avoiding a recession. ECB chief Mario Draghi's signalling last week the bank's readiness to act quickly to deter deflation, sparking fresh stimulus hopes, and China's ...