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Growth and inflation updates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... 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 figures. ...

Central Banks hold fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... steady this month. Fixed income markets rallied overnight following unchanged monetary policy decisions by the BoE and the ECB and as worries about the US financial sector re-emerged. Slowing growth in the UK, punctuated by a falling property market ...

Central bank watch

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
... Japan's leading index is forecast to slow to 91.1 in June from 92.9 in the previous month. Europe: The European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England (BoE) will also be on the spotlight this week. The Monetary Policy Council (MPC) of the BoE is ...

This Week's Market Movers (14-18 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... the trend has clearly softened over the past few months. The recent 25 basis point rate hike by the European Central Bank (ECB) which took interest rates to a six-year high of 4.25 percent, and the Euro to record highs against the US dollar, will put ...

Trouble at Threadneedle Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
... way into the UK came overnight. After signaling in recent weeks that it is more likely to follow the European Central Bank (ECB) and tighten monetary policy rather than ease, the Bank of England (BoE) succumbed to the growing threat of an economic recession ...

Market Movers Overnight (8 July)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... further weakness in industrial output going forward, particularly with Eurozone interest rates 25 basis points higher after the ECB raised interest rates to 4.25 percent in June. Higher interest rates, inflation and currency, tight credit conditions ...

Conflicting rate calls

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
There's growing expectation among European economists that the European Central Bank (ECB) will be forced to follow the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England and start lowering interest rates. Ironically, iterations from executive board member Juergen ...

Risky business

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
... 1406.7. Year to date this leaves the S&P down 0.8 per cent however it is still up 9 per cent over the past 12 months. Where the ECB stood fast, the Federal Reserve topped-up the money market with another US$7bn ($8.5billion) overnight. With ample liquidity ...

Liquidity evaporates

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2007
... European Central Bank, and the US Federal Reserve forced to inject cash into the banking system to buoy the drowning markets. The ECB injected A$153.6 billion (a,-94.841) and the Federal Reserve added US$24 billion (A$28) in temporary reserves, in an ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2007
... The Bank of England increased interest rates by 25 basis points to 5.75 per cent overnight while the European Central Bank (ECB) left rates steady at four per cent. In his accompanying statement, ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet said "it is not our ...