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A trillion euros is in the mail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
... expected a,-1 trillion expansion in the European Central Bank's (ECB) balance sheet has just become fact - ECB President Mario Draghi promised - and it's unanimous. Most would have probably read the ECB statement by this time - and the various spins ...

New masters of universe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... In fact, the ECB is set to announce the details of its recent policy easing measures later tonight. ECB president Mario Draghi only last night reiterated his pledge "...to deliver our most important commitment, which is to bring inflation back close ...

Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... underutilisation of their respective labour markets. There is nothing wrong with this. It makes sense. For as ECB President Mario Draghi eloquently laid out in his opening address: "No one in society remains untouched by a situation of high unemployment. ...

Not that time yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... functioning of the monetary policy transmission mechanism." These were the words that came out of the European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi's lips barely two months ago, straight after the ECB announced a 10 bps reduction in the repo rate ...

Run with bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... tonight and the House Financial Services Committee tomorrow night. But before that, we've already heard ECB President Mario Draghi's comforting words. Just last night, Super Mario told the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs at the European Parliament ...

Good or bad, it's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... prospect that the ECB will QE. Super Mario said so. In his interview with Dutch daily De Telegraaf, ECB President Mario Draghi declared that quantitative easing (QE) is "indeed possible within our mandate, namely if the purchases are aimed at ensuring ...

Help is on its way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
If three weeks (almost) ago European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi still gave himself a bit of wiggle room not to act (or defer action) - "after having seen the Staff projections that will come out in early June" - he did none of that when ...

Growth and consequence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... glimpse into the BOJ's thinking this Wednesday when its Board meets to discuss monetary policy. The same does not apply for the ECB. We know what's on its mind. Expect action in June. President Draghi told us so earlier this month. "At the end of this ...

Action! in June

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... Central Bank president Mario Draghi appears to have dragged out his promised action on monetary policy long enough. While the ECB announced no changes in monetary policy after its Governing Council meeting last night - the benchmark rate at a record ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... hinted that policymakers were prepared to cut rates in June. The euro hit a two-and-a-half-year peak near $US1.40 after the ECB held interest rates at a record low for the seventh straight month, but then dived on hints of more easing. ECB chief Draghi ...